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General Court Procedures — 129th District Court — posted on the court's own website — the court-procedure tier (standing procedures, policies, and preferences the court itself publishes), distinct from the TOPICs-registered local-rules tier (TRCP 3a registration applies to local rules). Operative requirements quoted verbatim; the posted document is the controlling text.
Texas > Harris County > 129th District Court
The Court does not accept filings by e-mail or fax (except via free fax filing and only until the newly promulgated e-filing rules take effect). … If more than one person wants to appear by phone at a scheduled hearing, the attorneys must all conference in through the Harris County Conference line. … SUBMISSION DOCKET If you do not require an oral hearing, you may set the matter for the submission docket to be decided on the papers. … Motions set for submission must be noticed for submission at least ten (10) days from filing, except on leave of the Court. … If only one side thinks it is an emergency, please file a motion for emergency hearing. … With the exception of dispositive motions, motions for voluntary dismissal non-suits, post-verdict motions, and motions involving service of process, you must confer with opposing counsel prior to filing a motion and include a detailed certificate of conference . … The Court requires complete compliance with TRCP 191.2, which states as follows: “Parties and their attorneys are expected to cooperate in discovery and to make any agreements reasonably necessary for the efficient disposition of the case. … All discovery motions or requests for hearings relating to discovery must contain a certificate by the party filing the motion or request that a reasonable effort has been made to resolve the dispute without the necessity or Court intervention and the effort failed. … DISCOVERY MOTIONS You must attach a copy of the discovery response at issue or state verbatim the request and answer in the body of your motion. … SPECIAL EXCEPTIONS Attach a copy of the pleading you are excepting to (unless the exception is only to the amount of damages sought) or state verbatim the paragraph to which you except. … AGREED MOTIONS Agreed Motions do not have to be placed on the Court’s docket. … Rule 106 Motions for Substituted Service All motions for Substituted Service under Rule 106 must be accompanied by an affidavit that includes the following information or they are subject to being denied: … The following must be filed before any such motion will be considered: … (b) that the client is deemed to have knowledge of and is required to abide by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure if the client proceeds pro se; … (c) that all notices from the Court to the client’s current address will be deemed to have been received unless the client notifies the Court of any change of address; … In addition to the items described in #4 above, if the client is a corporation, the attorney must notify the client that a corporation cannot proceed pro se and if the corporation has not obtained new counsel within 30 days, a default judgment may be entered against the corporation if it is a defendant or its claims will be dismissed if it is a plaintiff. … If the client has not agreed to the withdrawal, proof of service of the letter described in items 4 & 5 must be filed. … Do not bring your witnesses to Court until you have spoken to the Clerk! XVII. … MEDIATIONS Generally, all cases are required to be mediated before trial.
Reviewer note: Own-site content fetched by us 2026-08-22 (Phase 3 justex/page sweep; hashed receipts in custody). Operative mandatory-language provisions quoted verbatim; the full posted document is the controlling text. Composed from the court's own published site content (justex content API section, our sweep receipts).
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