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Order Regarding Recording Video Hearings & Trials — Harris County Civil Courts at Law (signed January 13, 2025) — 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 > Civil Courts at Law Nos. 1–4 (the signing courts)
Judge Audrie Lawton-Evans Judge LaShawn A. Williams County Civil Court at Law No.1 County Civil Court at Law No.3 Judge Jim F. Kovach Judge Manpreet Monica Singh County Civil Court at Law No.2 County Civil Court at Law No. 4 HARRIS COUNTY CIVIL COURTS AT LAW ORDER REGARDING RECORDING VIDEO HEARINGS & TRIALS UNDER PENALTY OF CONTEMPT OF COURT, NO PERSON, OTHER THAN THE COURT REPORTER, MAY RECORD A COURT PROCEEDING. THIS PROHIBITION APPLIES TO ANY MEMBER OF THE PUBLIC VIEWING THE PROCEEDING ON THE COURT’S YOUTUBE CHANNEL OR OTHER SELECTED LIVE STREAMING SITE AND TO PERSONS WITH THE ABILITY TO RECORD THE ZOOM VIRTUAL PROCEEDING. THE COURT REPORTER’S RECORD SHALL BE THE ONLY RECORD OF A COURT PROCEEDING. This Order shall continue in force until further order of the Courts. Signed on January 13, 2025. _________________________________ _________________________________ HON. AUDRIE LAWTON-EVANS HON. JIM F. KOVACH County Civil Court at Law No.1 County Civil Court at Law No.2 _________________________________ _________________________________ HON. LASHAWN A. WILLIAMS HON. MANPREET MONICA SINGH County Civil Court at Law No.3 County Civil Court at Law No.4 January 10, 2025 201 Caroline St., 5th Floor Houston, Texas 77002
Reviewer note: Own-site document live-fetched by us 2026-08-22, byte-identical to the AJR-11 recon capture of 2026-08-21 (dual custody). Complete document text quoted verbatim (whitespace-normalized); the posted document (sha256 21529784f5b7…) is the controlling text.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.