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Administrative Order 2019-1 — Electronic Filing and the Filing of Copies of Wills not Producible in Court (Harris County Probate Courts) — 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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Administrative Order 2019-1, In the Probate Courts of Harris County, Texas — Administrative Order Regarding Electronic Filing and the Filing of Copies of Wills for the Probate of Wills not Producible in Court. ORDERS: (8) IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that when a party electronically files an application to probate an original will, a copy of such will shall be filed electronically along with the application. The original will shall be filed with the Harris County Clerk within three business days after the application is filed. The appropriate probate court will allow the applicant to schedule a hearing only after the original will has been filed with the clerk. (9) IT IS FURTHER ORDERED that when a party electronically files an application to probate a lost will or a will not producible in court, a copy of the document conforming to Rule 21(f)(8) purporting to represent the contents of such lost will shall be electronically filed along with the application. (10) Physical Copy: if the copy relied upon is an existing physical copy, that same physical copy shall be filed with the Harris County Clerk within three business days after the application is filed; the court will allow the applicant to schedule a hearing only after such document has been filed with the clerk. (11) Digital Copy: if the document relied upon is a digital copy, the Application shall state that the copy of the will exists only in digital format and that the applicant is not relying upon an already existing physical copy; the applicant shall not be required to file the digital file containing the copy of the will. (12) Uncontested Probate Hearings in Probate Courts 2, 3, and 4: effective immediately, the following original documents shall be presented on the date of the hearing in an uncontested probate matter to the judge: Order Probating Will or Appointing Administrator, Judgment Declaring Heirship, Proof of Death and Other Facts, Statement of Facts, Proof by a Subscribing Witness, Oath of Personal Representative. (13) All Matters Filed in Probate Court 1: effective July 1, 2019, all proposed orders for all matters and all documents to be signed in court, including Proof of Death and Other Facts, Statement of Facts, Proof by a Subscribing Witness, and the Oath of Personal Representative in Probate Court 1 may be filed electronically pursuant to TRCP 21(f); these orders and documents may also be brought to Court for signing manually. Signed this 4th day of June, 2019 [all four probate judges].
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 provisions transcribed by vision-read of the posted scanned document (rasterized at 170 dpi; no usable embedded text layer); the posted document (sha256 43b82ba5d3fc…) is the controlling text.
A 2013 standing order requiring attorneys to e-file family-law and civil documents (no paper filings accepted) as the court began compliance with the Supreme Court's e-filing mandate; criminal filing unchanged.
A 2013 standing order requiring attorneys to e-file family-law and civil documents (no paper filings accepted) as the court began compliance with the Supreme Court's e-filing mandate; criminal filing unchanged.