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Local Rules of the Harris County Civil Courts at Law (as amended through December 8, 2023) — Harris County, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/02/2024). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.
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To the end that this objective may be attained with greatest dispatch and, as may be practicable, with the least expense to litigants and the county, these rules shall be applied to ensure that, so far as reasonably possible, all matters are brought to trial or final disposition in conformity with this objective. … REPORTS The County Clerk shall supply to all Harris County Civil Court at Law Judges, on a monthly basis, information concerning the number of filings, dispositions, trials, and other judicial activities in each county civil court at law. … Upon being filed, a case in the county civil courts at law shall be assigned randomly to the docket of one of the courts. … Any claim for relief based upon a prior judgment shall be assigned to the court of original judgment. … If a case is filed in which there is a substantial identity of parties and causes of action as in a prior nonsuited case, the later case shall be assigned to the court where the prior case was pending. … A motion to consolidate cases shall be heard in the court where the lowest numbered case is pending. … If a severance is granted, the new case will be assigned to the court where the original case is pending, bearing the same file date and the same number as the original case with a numeric suffix designation; provided, however, that when a severed case has previously been consolidated from another court, the case shall upon severance be assigned to the court from which it was consolidated. … Any case may be transferred from one court to another court by written order of the Administrative Judge of the County Civil Courts at Law division or by written order of the judge of the court from which the case is transferred; provided, however, that in the latter instance, the transfer must be with the written consent of the court to which the case is being transferred. … In cases where a court presides for another court, the case shall remain pending in the original court, except as follows: … 1) in any hearing on a motion for contempt, the judge who issued the order which is claimed to have been disobeyed must preside over the motion for contempt, except as otherwise provided in Sec. … If a case is on the docket of a county civil court at law by any manner other than as prescribed by these rules, the Administrative Judge of the County Civil Courts at Law or Administrative Judge of the Harris County Courts shall transfer the case to the proper court. … Motions shall be in writing and shall be accompanied by a proposed order granting the relief sought. … The proposed order shall be a separate instrument, unless the entire motion, order, signature lines, and certificate of service are all on one page. … In the discretion of the court, motions shall state a date of submission, which shall be at least 10 days from filing, except on leave of court. … Responses shall be in writing, and shall be filed at least three (3) working days before the date of submission, except on leave of court. … If a party views it as necessary, a request for oral argument must accompany the motion or response. … Cases shall be set for trial by order of the court. … Cases shall be set for trial for a date certain. … If a case is not assigned to trial by the Friday after the date it was set, whether because of a continuance or because it was not reached, the court shall reset the case to a date certain. … Unless all parties agree otherwise, the new setting must comply with all requisites of T.R.C.P. … In the discretion of the court, preference in setting cases for trial shall be given to matters in which the parties have participated in alternate dispute resolution procedures. … Cases on file for more than 180 days in which no answer has been filed or is required by law; ii. …
Reviewer note: Operative mandatory-language provisions quoted verbatim from the registered document; the full document (sha256 a910236c4a57…) is the controlling text. This edition supersedes the December 29, 2022 edition registered as TOPICs doc 562. The registry associates this registration with the constitutional Harris County Court; the instrument's own title and scope govern the four County Civil Courts at Law.
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