Inclement Weather Closure Policy — Harris County Felony District Courts (January 14, 2024) — 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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In accordance with Rule 9(g) of the Local Rules of the Harris County Felony District Courts (Harris County Felony District Courts Local Rules), the Felony District Courts generally follow the Houston Independent School District closure policies during inclement weather. Your Court may be open, please check your Court’s webpage here to determine whether your case is going forward or will be rescheduled.
Reviewer note: Own-site content fetched by us 2026-08-23 (Phase 5 page-denominator close; hashed custody). Complete document text quoted verbatim (whitespace-normalized); the posted document is the controlling text.
18 verbatim requirements from 5th Jud. Cir., M-2018-65 — sha256-hashed 2026-07-25.
2 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1986-33A.