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The supplemental local rule and instructions of the McLennan County Court and County Courts at Law for conducting video hearings and trials by Zoom, governing how hearings are requested and set (civil submission docket, criminal by request) and how participants join.
Applies to video hearings before the McLennan County Court and County Courts at Law. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Supplemental Local Rule and Instructions Regarding Video Hearings & Trials (effective September 15, 2021). The McLennan County Court and all McLennan County Courts at Law utilize video conferencing, and all video hearings are conducted via Zoom; participants must download the free Zoom client in advance. REQUESTING A HEARING DATE — CIVIL: civil motions are set automatically on the Court's Submission Docket, and a party may request removal from the Submission Docket and an oral hearing by filing a Motion Requesting Oral Hearing and Proposed Order; CRIMINAL: criminal matters are scheduled for in-person hearings unless attorneys or pro se defendants request in writing or by email that the Court administrator schedule a video hearing, and such requests are subject to the Court's approval considering judicial economy, litigants' or victims' rights, availability of participants, and the possibility of remand into custody. In all cases the Court administrator supplies attorneys and pro se litigants with a link and/or a personal identification number for any video hearing, and further hearing procedures govern the conduct of the video proceeding.
Supplemental Local Rule and Instructions Regarding Video Hearings & Trials (effective September 15, 2021). The McLennan County Court and all McLennan County Courts at Law utilize video conferencing, and all video hearings are conducted via Zoom; participants must download the free Zoom client in advance. REQUESTING A HEARING DATE — CIVIL: civil motions are set automatically on the Court's Submissi
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan (text layer read). County-wide McLennan County Court / County Courts at Law rule; bound to McLennan County.
1 verbatim requirement published by Palm Beach Division FC on remote appearance policy.
Judge Hooi does not usually allow hybrid hearings (one side in person, one virtual); if both sides prefer, everyone may appear in person instead; emergencies route through the clerk to a judge-entered handling order.