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Policies & Procedures — Harris County Civil Court at Law No. 2 — 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.
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• Parties must file a Notice of Hearing with a certificate of service and serve all parties. … • Parties must provide five (5) business days’ notice. … • A motion must have a certificate of service, be accompanied by a proposed order (filed as a lead document) and filed with or prior to the notice of hearing. … Fill out the Court Reporter's Request for Record prior to the hearing and must be E-filed. … Written notice must be filed with the Court and served to the opposing party by phone, fax, and/or in writing. … Proof of attempts to notify opposing counsel must be provided to the Court. … • Parties must file a notice of submission with a certificate of service. … • Parties must provide five (5) business days’ notice. … • A motion must be accompanied by a proposed order filed as a lead document and filed prior to or with a notice of submission. … Summary Judgment motions must be set, if not set by the movant, the hearing will be set by the Court. … Agreed Motions The motion must have the signatures of all parties or counsel and be filed as “agreed” or “joint”, with a Certificate of Conference and a Certificate of Service attached. … Occupational Licenses The petitioner must have their SR-22, proof of insurance, and a certified copy of their driving record before the Judge will review the petition. … TXDPS How to Order a Driver Record Motions for Default Judgment must be submitted 10 days prior to trial and require an oral hearing only if unliquidated damages are requested. … A return of service must be on file 10 days prior to the motion, and the following must be included in the motion: … • Certificate of last known address • Non-Military Affidavit with a copy of the results from https://scra.dmdc.osd.mil/scra/#/home or, https://mla.dmdc.osd.mil/mla/#/home o Results from the search must be within 30 days of the date the motion is filed. … Motions for Substituted Service must be accompanied by an affidavit that includes the following: … • Documentation or factual affidavit that verifies the Defendant actually resides or is employed at the subject address (e.g., Appraisal District Records, Vehicle Registration, factual affidavit) • Sufficient attempts (4 attempts for a constable, 4 for a private process server) • Each attempt at service with date and time • Last attempt at service must be within 45 days of the filing of the motion. … • Attempts must be at varied times of the day. … Code §5.251 Motion to Appear Pro Hac Vice must comply with Tex. … Gov’t Code §82.0361 Additional Due Process and Procedural Requirements Discovery Disputes Parties must make several attempts on separate days to conference with opposing parties relating to discovery disputes and include a certificate of conference in their motion. … All certificates of conference must state whether counsel have conferred regarding the substance of the relief requested and if the relief is opposed, agreed or agreed in part, along with a statement of what relief was agreed to between the parties. … It must also state the number of attempts made to contact the opposing party, the method of attempts, and the results obtained. … Pre-Judgment Remedies Pleadings requesting pre-judgment remedies (e.g., garnishment, attachment, sequestration) must be accompanied by verified facts and non-military affidavits in compliance with the Servicemembers Civil Relief Act (SCRA) Proposed orders should set out the amount of the bond calculated to protect the interests of the parties (both creditor and debtor), which should typically be the market value of any levied property. … Fill out the Court Reporter's Request for Record prior to the hearing and must be E-filed. … The following must be exchanged and discussed among parties prior to pretrial: …
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). Operative mandatory-language provisions quoted verbatim from the posted document; the full document (sha256 9240ceeb9972…) is the controlling text.
29 verbatim requirements from the procedure documents published under "CV-H Judge G. L. Feltel, Jr.".
1 summarised requirement on judge preferences.
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