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Six one-page standing orders, one by each of the judges of the 3rd and 349th District Courts, the County Court at Law, the County Court and the Justice Courts of Precincts 1 and 2 of Houston County, under Code of Criminal Procedure art. 17.027: for a new felony charged against a person who is on bail for a felony pending before the signing judge's court, bail may be set by the judges and magistrates the order lists. The County Court at Law's and the County Court's orders also list the Crockett and Grapeland municipal court judges.
Texas > Tenth Administrative Judicial Region > Houston County > 3rd District Court, 349th District Court, County Court at Law, County Court, Justice Courts, Precincts 1 and 2.
STANDING ORDER DESIGNATION TO SET BAIL UNDER CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ART. 17.027 I, Mark Calhoon , Judge of the 3rd Judicial District Court of Houston County, Texas, hereby designate the following judges and/or magistrates to set bail under Art. 17.027 of the Code of Criminal Procedure: District Court Judge, 349th Judicial District Court, Houston County, Texas County Court At Law Judge, Houston County, Texas County Judge, Houston County, Texas Justice of the Peace, Precinct #1, Houston County, Texas Justice of the Peace, Precinct #2, Houston County, Texas This designation is valid for any new felony charged against any person currently on bail for a felony pending before this court. SIGNED on 3/25 [handwritten], 2022. [signature] JUDGE, 3rd Judicial District Court [File stamp: FILED, HOUSTON COUNTY DISTRICT CLERK, 2022 MAR 28 PM 1:51, CAROLYN RAINS, BY ____ DEPUTY] STANDING ORDER DESIGNATION TO SET BAIL UNDER CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ART. 17.027 I, Pam Foster Fletcher, Judge of the 349th Judicial District Court of Houston County, Texas, hereby designate the following judges and/or magistrates to set bail under Art. 17.027 of the Code of Criminal Procedure: District Court Judge, 3rd Judicial District Court, Houston County, Texas County Court At Law Judge, Houston County, Texas County Judge, Houston County, Texas Justice of the Peace, Precinct #1, Houston County, Texas Justice of the Peace, Precinct #2, Houston County, Texas This designation is valid for any new felony charged against any person currently on bail for a felony pending before this court. SIGNED on March 28 [handwritten], 2022. [signature] JUDGE, 349th Judicial District Court [File stamp: FILED, HOUSTON COUNTY DISTRICT CLERK, 2022 MAR 28 PM 1:5[last digit overprinted by the text], CAROLYN RAINS, BY ____ DEPUTY] STANDING ORDER DESIGNATION TO SET BAIL UNDER CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ART. 17.027 I, Sarah Tunnell Clark, Judge of the County Court At Law of Houston County, Texas, hereby designate the following judges and/or magistrates to set bail under Art. 17.027 of the Code of Criminal Procedure: District Court Judge, 3rd Judicial District Court, Houston County, Texas District Court Judge, 349th Judicial District Court, Houston County, Texas County Judge, Houston County, Texas Justice of the Peace, Precinct #1, Houston County, Texas Justice of the Peace, Precinct #2, Houston County, Texas Crockett Municipal Court Judge, Crockett, Texas Grapeland Municipal Court Judge, Grapeland, Texas This designation is valid for any new felony charged against any person currently on bail for a felony pending before this court. SIGNED on March 28 [handwritten], 2022. [signature] SARAH TUNNELL CLARK COUNTY COURT AT LAW, HOUSTON COUNTY, TEXAS STANDING ORDER DESIGNATION TO SET BAIL UNDER CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ART. 17.027 I, Jim L. Lovell, Judge of the County Court of Houston County, Texas, hereby designate the following judges and/or magistrates to set bail under Art. 17.027 of the Code of Criminal Procedure: District Court Judge, 3rd Judicial District Court, Houston County, Texas District Court Judge, 349th Judicial District Court, Houston County, Texas County Court At Law Judge, Houston County, Texas Justice of the Peace, Precinct #1, Houston County, Texas Justice of the Peace, Precinct #2, Houston County, Texas Crockett Municipal Court Judge, Crockett, Texas Grapeland Municipal Court Judge, Grapeland, Texas This designation is valid for any new felony charged against any person currently on bail for a felony pending before this court. SIGNED on 4-1 [handwritten], 2022. [signature] JIM L. LOVELL COUNTY COURT, HOUSTON COUNTY, TEXAS STANDING ORDER DESIGNATION TO SET BAIL UNDER CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ART. 17.027 I, Mike McCreight, Justice of the Peace, Precinct #1 of Houston County, Texas, hereby designate the following judges and/or magistrates to set bail under Art. 17.027 of the Code of Criminal Procedure: District Court Judge, 3rd Judicial District Court, Houston County, Texas District Court Judge, 349th Judicial District Court, Houston County, Texas County Court At Law Judge, Houston County, Texas County Judge, Houston County, Texas Justice of the Peace, Precinct #2, Houston County, Texas This designation is valid for any new felony charged against any person currently on bail for a felony pending before this court. SIGNED on January 11 [handwritten], 2023. [signature] MIKE McCREIGHT JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, PRECINCT #1, HOUSTON COUNTY, TEXAS STANDING ORDER DESIGNATION TO SET BAIL UNDER CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ART. 17.027 I, Ronnie Jordan, Justice of the Peace, Precinct #2 of Houston County, Texas, hereby designate the following judges and/or magistrates to set bail under Art. 17.027 of the Code of Criminal Procedure: District Court Judge, 3rd Judicial District Court, Houston County, Texas District Court Judge, 349th Judicial District Court, Houston County, Texas County Court At Law Judge, Houston County, Texas County Judge, Houston County, Texas Justice of the Peace, Precinct #1, Houston County, Texas This designation is valid for any new felony charged against any person currently on bail for a felony pending before this court. SIGNED on Mar 31 [handwritten], 2022. [signature] RONNIE JORDAN JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, PRECINCT #2, HOUSTON COUNTY, TEXAS
STANDING ORDER DESIGNATION TO SET BAIL UNDER CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE ART. 17.027 I, Mark Calhoon , Judge of the 3rd Judicial District Court of Houston County, Texas, hereby designate the following judges and/or magistrates to set bail under Art. 17.027 of the Code of Criminal Procedure: District Court Judge, 349th Judicial District Court, Houston County, Texas County Court At Law Judge, Hous
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-20 (AJR-10 Tenth Region build, own-site layer) from BenchPath custody ajr10 corpus sources/county/houston/a7cce5a25f23dc01.pdf (23,702 bytes, sha256 a7cce5a25f23dc012236ae0f88590438433eb1a52121566ac01b4f49d7ad84be; 1 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. Six separately posted one-page scans published together as one rule (the Leon County precedent, TOPICs 1011), in this order: 3rd District Court (signed 3/25/2022, filed March 28, 2022; posted on the 3rd District Court page), 349th District Court (March 28, 2022, filed the same day; 349th page), County Court at Law (March 28, 2022; County Court page), County Court (4-1-2022; County Judge page), Justice of the Peace Precinct 1 (January 11, 2023) and Precinct 2 (March 31, 2022; both on the Justice page). Each file has its own receipt. The orders print the same text apart from the designating judge and the list; the designations run to offices, not persons - no judge join. Handwritten dates are bracketed; 'Mark Calhoon ,' is printed with the space. Class ruling (plan A2): an order designating who sets bail for a class of defendants is procedure - published as a rule.
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.