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A standing order of the Hays County Courts at Law governing the scheduling of pretrial hearings for defendants in criminal cases, to ensure the orderly and timely progression of cases toward resolution.
Applies to the scheduling of pretrial hearings in criminal cases before the Hays County Courts at Law. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
[Seal: Hays County, The State of Texas] [File stamp, faint: FILED 2024 JAN 22, time partly illegible, with the clerk's signature] O-06-004 In the County Court at Law No. 1 of Hays County, Texas STANDING ORDER REGARDING SCHEDULING OF PRETRIAL HEARINGS FOR DEFENDANTS WITH PENDING FELONY CHARGES Pursuant to the authority vested in the County Court at Law of Hays County, Texas, and in the interest of judicial efficiency and coordination with felony proceedings in the District Courts, Hays County Court at Law No. 1 issues the following order. THEREFORE, IT IS HEREBY ORDERED THAT: 1. In all criminal cases filed in Hays County Court at Law No. 1, following the defendant's arraignment, if the defendant has a pending felony charge in any jurisdiction, Pretrial Hearing No. 1 in the misdemeanor case shall not be scheduled sooner than six (6) months (24 weeks) after the date of arraignment. 2. This Order shall apply regardless of whether the pending felony is in the same county or in another Texas jurisdiction, provided the pending felony is confirmed by court records or representations of counsel. 3. The Court may, upon motion and good cause shown, schedule a hearing sooner than the six-month period at the discretion of the presiding judge. 4. This Order shall apply to all criminal cases currently pending and to all future cases filed on or after the effective date of this Order. THIS HAYS COUNTY STANDING ORDER REGARDING SCHEDULING OF PRETRIAL HEARINGS FOR DEFENDANTS WITH PENDING FELONY CHARGES SHALL BECOME EFFECTIVE IMMEDIATELY UPON PUBLICATION ON THE OFFICE OF COURT ADMINISTRATION'S WEBSITE. [signature] Judge Jimmy Alan Hall, Local Administrative Judge, County Courts at Law of Hays County, Texas [Running footer: O-06-004, Page 1 of 1]
[Seal: Hays County, The State of Texas] [File stamp, faint: FILED 2024 JAN 22, time partly illegible, with the clerk's signature] O-06-004 In the County Court at Law No. 1 of Hays County, Texas STANDING ORDER REGARDING SCHEDULING OF PRETRIAL HEARINGS FOR DEFENDANTS WITH PENDING FELONY CHARGES Pursuant to the authority vested in the County Court at Law of Hays County, Texas, and in the interest of
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan at a summary level, faithful to the order's title and type (image-only, single page). Bound to Hays County (criminal). [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 a276fb37f19e..., 1 page(s), image-only scan; the OCR layer used as a typing base and corrected word by word from the page) read against the rendered file; verbatim, source typos kept, stamps/signatures bracketed; the earlier abstract replaced by the full instrument; confidence high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p12-2026-09-21]
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.