Loading…
Official rule; awaiting reverification against the current source text. Verify with the clerk, judicial assistant, or official court website before relying on it.
Harris County District Judges Rules of Administration (adopted by the Board of Judges June 11, 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.
Texas > Harris County > District Courts
To the end that this objective may be obtained with as great expedition and dispatch and at the least expense to the litigants and to the state, as may be practicable, the rules shall be applied to ensure that, so far as reasonably possible, all matters are brought to trial or final disposition in conformity with the time standards of the Eleventh Administrative Judicial Region of Texas, Regional Rules of Administration. … Rule 2 Supplying Information The Administrative Judges of each trial division shall supply docket or other information concerning judicial activities of the trial division to the Administrative Judge for Harris County as requested by the Administrative Judge. … Rule 6 Selection and Control of Juries 6.1 The Board of Judges must approve a jury plan for Harris County to be adopted by the Commissioners Court of Harris County. … Any amendment must be adopted by the Commissioners Court of Harris County. … 9.1.2 The Board of Judges must elect an Administrative Judge of Harris County. … June 11, 2024 9.2 Election of the Administrative Judge of Harris County 9.2.1 The Administrative Judge of Harris County must be elected by the Board of Judges at the December meeting of odd numbered years for a two-year term, starting January 1st of the even numbered year. … In the event of the absence of the Administrative Judge of Harris County from the county, the Judge must designate an acting Administrative Judge of Harris County. … 9.5.1 The Board of Judges shall meet regularly on the second Tuesday of the month from 12:15 to 1:15. … 9.8.2 The Administrative Judge of Harris County must implement the policies of a majority vote of the Board of Judges at a duly called meeting. … 9.8.4 The Administrative Judge of Harris County must preside over meetings and must appoint members to the following standing committees: … 10.2.4 This rule operates only where lead counsel, as defined by TRCP8 is affected unless the court expands coverage to other counsel. … 11.2 In family cases, the vacation letter must be accompanied by the designation of another attorney to act for the vacationing attorney in the event of an emergency. … The designated attorney may be called upon to act only if the client consents and the court requires it. … 11.3 Vacation letters may not be used in the criminal or juvenile division.
Reviewer note: Own-site content fetched by us 2026-08-23 (Phase 5 page-denominator close; hashed custody). Operative mandatory-language provisions quoted verbatim; the full posted document is the controlling text. The TOPICs registration (692) carries the 2014 edition (approved by the Supreme Court April 28, 2014, Misc. Docket 14-9092) and references the Second Administrative Judicial Region; the Board of Judges adopted this amended edition June 11, 2024 (Eleventh AJR; adds the 482nd, 486th, 487th, and 488th). The posted text leaves the OCA publication date blank, so approval/publication of the 2024 edition is unverified — confidence medium with an open review task.
Establishes a Traffic Violations Bureau within the Clerk of the County Court under Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.100(a) (Burnstein, C.J., Nov. 1, 1988).
Approves the National Highway Safety Council Defensive Driving course as a school to which traffic courts may require attendance (Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.110(a)).
Designates the D.W.I. Counterattack School (Broward County Commission on Alcoholism) as an approved school for court-ordered attendance (Fla. R. Traf. Ct. 6.110(a)).
Where a motion to compel alleges complete failure to respond to discovery with no extension requested, a county judge may enter an EX PARTE order compelling compliance within 10 days — the source of the "ten (10) days… failing which sanctions may be imposed" language quoted across Broward county-civil division procedures.