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Administrative Order 2020-3 — Prohibiting the Recording of Remote Court Proceedings (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 2020-3, In the Probate Courts of Harris County, Texas — Administrative Order Prohibiting the Recording of Remote Court Proceedings. The Courts find it essential that the only recording of any proceeding shall be that of the official Court Reporter. The Courts find that the recording of any court proceeding, whether in the courtroom or via remote access, without permission shall be strictly prohibited. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that it is strictly prohibited for any individual other than the official Court Reporter to record in any manner a Probate Court proceeding, whether in the courtroom or via remote access, and whether by active participants or public viewers. Any violation of this Order may result in a finding of contempt of court. Signed this 24th day of March, 2020 [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 e7236b3c5d35…) is the controlling text.
9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
6 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-13.