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Local administrative rules of the 3rd and 349th Judicial District Courts for Houston County, revised December 2000: who coordinates the criminal and the civil and family dockets, the criminal ancillary and trial docket (no docket call in open court; agreements to pass and continuance motions in writing; pretrial motions at least seven days before the hearing), the civil docket and jury settings with the notice periods for settings, written requests for settings delivered to the District Clerk, the involuntary dismissal docket, hearings on pre-trial motions, family law cases and fees.
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LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE RULES HOUSTON COUNTY, TEXAS 3RD AND 349TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURTS REVISED DECEMBER 2000 [File stamp, partly cut off at the page edge: FILED, HOUSTON COUN[TY] DISTRICT CLER[K], 01 JAN 29 AM 8:3[cut off], PAM PUGH, BY ____ DEPUTY] THE 3RD AND 349TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURTS WILL BE IN SESSION ON THE DATES SHOWN ON THE COURT CALENDARS. DISTRICT COURTS - COPIES OF THE COURT CALENDARS MAY BE OBTAINED FROM THE DISTRICT CLERK. THE FOLLOWING LOCAL RULES SHALL GOVERN THE SCHEDULING OF CRIMINAL AND CIVIL CASES. FELONY CRIMINAL CASES - ARE COORDINATED BY THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY. ALL CIVIL AND FAMILY LAW CASES IN THE DISTRICT COURTS - ARE COORDINATED BY THE DISTRICT CLERK. ANY TELEPHONE CALLS PERTAINING TO THE CIVIL DOCKET SHALL BE MADE TO THE DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE AND AS TO THE CRIMINAL DOCKET SHALL BE MADE TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY'S OFFICE. CRIMINAL ANCILLARY AND TRIAL DOCKET - DISTRICT COURTS - ANCILLARY MATTERS WILL BE HEARD ON THE DATES SHOWN ON THE COURT CALENDARS OR THEREAFTER IF POSSIBLE WHEN COURT REMAINS IN SESSION IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING. THE COURT MAY SET CASES ON THE MOTION OF ANY PARTY, OR ON THE COURT'S OWN MOTION. THERE WILL BE NO TRIAL DOCKET CALL IN OPEN COURT. IT IS THE ATTORNEY'S RESPONSIBILITY TO CALL THE DISTRICT ATTORNEYS' OFFICE TO FIND OUT THEIR NUMBER ON THE DOCKET. DISPOSITIONS BY PLEA MUST BE DONE AT THE CRIMINAL ANCILLARY DOCKET CALL HELD ON DATES SET OUT ON THE COURTS CALENDAR. AGREEMENTS TO PASS AND MOTIONS FOR CONTINUANCE MUST BE: (1) IN WRITING AND STATE THE REASON(S) FOR THE AGREEMENT OR MOTION; (2) FILED WITH THE DISTRICT CLERK WITH A COPY TO THE DISTRICT ATTORNEY (3) HEARD BY THE COURT, AT FINAL PRETRIAL HEARING (4) ALL PRETRIAL MOTIONS MUST BE FILED AT LEAST SEVEN DAYS PRIOR TO THE HEARING DATE CIVIL ANCILLARY AND TRIAL DOCKET DISTRICT COURTS - ANCILLARY MATTERS WILL BE HEARD ON THE DATES SHOWN ON THE COURT CALENDARS, OF THEREAFTER IF POSSIBLE WHEN COURT REMAINS IN SESSION IN THE DAYS FOLLOWING. JURY TRIALS SHALL BE SET BY ONE OF THE SITTING DISTRICT JUDGES ON A DAY TO BE DESIGNED IN MAY OR JUNE AND NOVEMBER OR DECEMBER IN THE DISTRICT COURTROOM. ATTORNEYS MAY EITHER BE PRESENT OR MAY MAKE REQUESTS IN WRITING FOR ANY DESIGNATED JURY WEEK. ALL ATTORNEYS WILL BE NOTIFIED IN WRITING OF THE DATE OF TRIAL FOR THEIR RESPECTIVE CASE(S). NON-JURY DAYS ARE SHOWN ON THE COURTS CALENDAR. THE COURT MAY SET CASES ON THE MOTION OF ANY PARTY OR ON THE COURT'S OWN MOTION. TO THE EXTENT THAT STATE OR REGIONAL RULES DO NOT APPLY, NOTICE OF AT LEAST THIRTY (30) DAYS IS REQUIRED ON JURY TRIAL SETTINGS AND SEVEN DAYS ON OTHER SETTINGS (EXCLUSIVE OF THE APPEARANCE DAY). REQUESTS FOR SETTINGS DISTRICT COURTS - WRITTEN REQUEST WITH DATE FOR HEARING, TYPE OF HEARING, ESTIMATED TIME REQUIRED AND NAMES AND ADDRESS OF ALL ATTORNEYS OF RECORD OR UNREPRESENTED PARTIES. (SEE COPY OF REQUEST ATTACHED HERETO) THESE REQUESTS MUST BE DELIVERED TO THE DISTRICT CLERK'S OFFICE FOR PLACEMENT ON THE DOCKET. CASES WILL NOT BE PLACED ON DOCKET UNTIL WRITTEN REQUEST IS RECEIVED. DISTRICT CLERK WILL GIVE NOTICE TO PARTIES OF THE HEARING SET. NON CONTESTED MATTERS WILL BE SET AT 8:30 A.M. IF SET ON THE 3RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT DAYS. INVOLUNTARY DISMISSAL DOCKET DISTRICT COURTS - WILL BE SET BY THE DISTRICT CLERK ON CASES THAT HAVE NOT BEEN ACTIVE FOR AN EXTENDED PERIOD OF TIME. (SEE COPY OF NOTICE) IF GOOD CAUSE IS NOT RECEIVED IN THIRTY (30) DAYS FROM RECEIPT OF NOTICE, THE CASE WILL BE DISMISSED. IN THE EVENT THE CASE IS RETAINED THE CASE WILL BE SET FOR TRIAL ON THE MERITS. HEARINGS ON PRE-TRIAL MOTIONS THE 3RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURT HAS A TRIAL MANAGEMENT CONFERENCE SCHEDULE. (SEE COPY OF IT ATTACHED HERETO) IF YOUR CASE IS SET IN THIS DISTRICT, THESE RULES WILL APPLY. IF HEARD BY THE 349TH JUDICIAL JUDGE, HEARINGS WILL BE HELD ON YOUR MOTIONS, PRIOR TO TRIAL DATE (NOT ON THE MORNING OF TRIAL), CHECK COURT CALENDAR FOR DATES. FAMILY LAW CASES DISTRICT COURTS - SAME AS SET OUT FOR CIVIL CASES ABOVE. FEES DISTRICT COURTS - DUE UPON FILING (SEE ATTACHED COPY) [signature] JUDGE JERRY CALHOON 349TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT ADMINISTRATIVE JUDGE [signature] JUDGE JIM PARSONS 3RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT [signature] JUDGE JOHN OVARD JUSTICE - 5TH COURT OF APPEALS
LOCAL ADMINISTRATIVE RULES HOUSTON COUNTY, TEXAS 3RD AND 349TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURTS REVISED DECEMBER 2000 [File stamp, partly cut off at the page edge: FILED, HOUSTON COUN[TY] DISTRICT CLER[K], 01 JAN 29 AM 8:3[cut off], PAM PUGH, BY ____ DEPUTY] THE 3RD AND 349TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT COURTS WILL BE IN SESSION ON THE DATES SHOWN ON THE COURT CALENDARS. DISTRICT COURTS - COPIES OF THE COURT CALE
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-20 (AJR-10 Tenth Region build, own-site layer) from BenchPath custody ajr10 corpus sources/county/houston/a1fc4e6bec3665d2.pdf (1,860,404 bytes, sha256 a1fc4e6bec3665d2977fee0ad18680bfdd6b31bea3a94fc8ce586fb40a692739; 3 page(s)) - the document the county posts on its own website, not registered with the Office of Court Administration's TOPICs registry as of 2026-09-20: 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. Posted on the District Clerk's page of the county website as the county's Local Administrative Rules. The posted file is the first three pages of a 20-page fax transmission dated 08-16-2013 (fax header on every page, left out); the attachments the text refers to (the request for setting, the dismissal notice, the 3rd District Court's trial management conference schedule, the fee sheet) are not part of the posted file. Headed 'Revised December 2000', file-stamped by the District Clerk on January 29, 2001 (stamp partly cut off) and signed by Judge Jerry Calhoon (349th, Administrative Judge), Judge Jim Parsons (3rd) and Judge John Ovard; none of them sits on these courts today (the Office of Court Administration's directory lists Mark A. Calhoon, 3rd, and Pam Foster Fletcher, 349th). BenchPath found no later local rules of these courts on the county website or in the TOPICs registry. As printed: 'CALENDARS, OF THEREAFTER'; 'A DAY TO BE DESIGNED'; 'THE 349TH JUDICIAL JUDGE'; items (2)-(4) of the criminal list end without punctuation. The text is typed in capitals throughout, as the original.