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Order of the Hopkins County Court at Law: from November 30, 2021 until discontinued, delinquent tax collection lawsuits assigned to the court, and the parties in them, are exempt from the mandatory initial-disclosure requirements of TRCP 194 et seq.; the waiver reaches only the mandatory requirement, so a party served with discovery requests by the opposing party must still answer them fully and timely; the court may discontinue the waiver at any time in the same manner.
Texas > Tenth Administrative Judicial Region > Hopkins County > County Court at Law. Applies to all delinquent tax collection lawsuits filed under Chapters 31-34 of the Texas Property Tax Code and assigned to the court, from November 30, 2021 until discontinued.
IN THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW HOPKINS COUNTY, TEXAS ORDER After due consideration and in order to maximize judicial efficiency and economy, this Court is of the opinion that delinquent tax collection cases filed under Ch. 31-34 of the Texas Property Tax Code in this Court are exempt from the mandatory disclosure requirements set out in TRCP 194, et seq. WHEREAS, section (a) of TRCP Rule 194.1 provides that: "(a) Duty to Disclose. Except as exempted by Rule 194.2(d) or as otherwise agreed by the parties or ordered by the court, a party must, without awaiting a discovery request, provide to the other parties the information or material described in Rule 194.2, 194.3, and 194.4." Thereby establishing a method for Courts to enter Orders in order to waive the application of this section in specific circumstances; and, WHEREAS, this Court finds that such a circumstance warrants such waiver as it relates to delinquent tax collecting lawsuits filed under Ch. 31-34 of the Texas Property Tax Code; and, WHEREAS, such waiver is only extended to the mandatory requirement of such provisions such that any party that is duly served discovery request under these provisions by the opposing party will still be fully and completely obligated to timely and, consistent with the requirements of the TRCP, fully answer any such party initiated discovery requests; and, WHEREAS, this waiver can be discontinued at any time by this Court in the same manner; IT IS HEREBY ORDERED, that from the day executed below until such time as it is discontinued, all delinquent tax collection lawsuits filed under Ch. 31-34 of the Texas Property Tax Code and assigned to this Court, and the parties therein, shall be exempt from the mandatory nature of the disclosure rules set out in TRCP 194 et seq. SIGNED AND ENTERED this the 30th day of November, 2021. [signature] Clay Harrison Presiding Judge [File stamp: FILED, NOV 30 2021, Cheryl Fulcher, District Clerk, Hopkins County, Texas (the hour is left blank on the stamp)]
IN THE COUNTY COURT AT LAW HOPKINS COUNTY, TEXAS ORDER After due consideration and in order to maximize judicial efficiency and economy, this Court is of the opinion that delinquent tax collection cases filed under Ch. 31-34 of the Texas Property Tax Code in this Court are exempt from the mandatory disclosure requirements set out in TRCP 194, et seq. WHEREAS, section (a) of TRCP Rule 194.1 prov
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-19 (AJR-10 Tenth Region build) from BenchPath custody sources/registered/134.pdf (application/pdf, 65533 bytes, sha256 444e1784dee89862dbe014fbab2cfd0186b57e10bc1791faa544a85693883a68; 1 pages) - the TOPICs-registered document: transcribed by eye from the rendered pages of the scanned PDF (no text layer in the file was relied on), machine OCR draft corrected page by page; signature and file-stamp blocks bracketed. Identical bytes posted on the county site: https://www.hopkinscountytx.org/upload/page/3013/2021/20211201153040.pdf. One-page image-only PDF typed from the rendered page. Under the 2019 local rules (TOPICs 136, rule 4) all tax cases are assigned to the County Court-at-Law. Signed by the court's judge in 2021; the order runs until discontinued by the court; no judge join.
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.