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A standing order of Montague County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2 (Judge Glen Neff) setting which offenses qualify for deferred disposition, the standard conditions, deferral periods, payment terms, and sworn-affidavit requirements.
Applies to eligible criminal (fine-only) cases before Montague County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
[The registered file holds the order's two pages in reverse order; transcribed here in reading order] Judicial Standing Order Deferred Disposition IT IS ORDERED that a court clerk may process requests for Deferred Disposition ("Deferred") from a defendant, or his attorney, at the Court Clerk window or by receipt of a plea with a Deferred request via regular mail, fax or email, and may complete the paperwork for the Court's signature, IF the defendant meets the eligibility requirements set forth below. A court clerk MAY process a request for Deferred Disposition at the Court Clerk window, or by a regular mail, fax or email plea with a Deferred request, IF the defendant meets the following "Standard Conditions": 1) the defendant pays in-full at the time of the request, all court costs and special expense fee (which may be equal to the maximum fine that could be imposed at the time the court grants the deferral) OR 2) the defendant enters a pay agreement to pay in-full the outstanding amount for all court costs and the special expense fee in 3 equal payments within the first 60 days of the probation period. FOR MOVING VIOLATIONS A court clerk MAY process a request for Deferred Disposition at Court Clerk window, or by receipt of a plea with a Deferred request via regular mail, fax or email, for a moving violation, IF in addition to the "Standard Conditions": 1) the defendant is 17 years of age or older. A court clerk MAY NOT process a request for Deferred Disposition for a moving violation at the Court Clerk window, or by receipt of a plea with a Deferred request via regular mail, fax or email, IF: 1) the defendant holds, or held, a Commercial Driver's License at the time of the offense; 2) the offense occurred in a construction or maintenance zone when workers were present; 3) the offense involves passing or approaching from either direction, a school bus, stopped to receive or discharge a student(s) ; or involves not stopping before reaching a school bus when it is operating a visual signal, OR proceeding before the school bus resumes motion or the visual signal is no longer actuated; 4) the defendant left the scene of an accident; 5) the offense involves speeding 25 MPH or more above the posted limit, or at a rate of speed greater than 94 MPH. IT IS ORDERED that the deferral period shall be 90 days, during which the defendant MUST NOT receive another moving violation, and a sworn affidavit to that effect is required after 90 days probation is completed, unless otherwise indicated by these orders. [initials] Glen Neff, Justice of the Peace Precinct 2 FOR NON-MOVING VIOLATIONS A court clerk MAY NOT process a request for Deferred Disposition at the Court Clerk window, or by a regular mail, fax or email plea with a Deferred request, for the offense for non-moving violations, IF in addition to the "Standard Conditions": 1) the offense involves a violation of Chapter 106 of the Alcohol Beverage Code; 2) the offense involves a violation of Chapter 161 of the Texas Health and Safety Code (Tobacco violations) or 3) the offense involves a complaint filed under the Texas Penal Code, Chapters 22 (assaultive offenses), or Chapter 31 (Theft). FAIL TO PROVIDE PROOF OF FINANCIAL RESPONSIBILITY A court clerk MAY process a request for Deferred Disposition at the Court Clerk window, or by a regular mail, fax or email plea with a Deferred request, for the offense of Failure to Provide Proof of Financial Responsibility, IF the defendant meets the following "Standard Conditions"; 1) the defendant pays in-full at the time of the request, all court costs and special expense fee (which may be equal to the maximum fine that could be imposed at the time the court grants the deferral) OR 2) the defendant enters a pay agreement to pay in-full the outstanding amount for all court costs and the special expense fee in 3 equal payments within the first 60 days of the probation period. IT IS ORDERED that the deferral period shall be 90 days, during which the defendant MUST NOT receive another non-moving violation for a new offense of "Failure to Provide Proof of Financial Responsibility", and a sworn affidavit to that effect is required after the 90 day probation period is completed. DRIVING WHILE LICENSE INVALID A court clerk MAY process a request for Deferred Disposition at the Court Clerk window, or by a regular mail, fax or email plea with a Deferred request, for the offense of "DRIVING WHILE LICENSE INVALID" in addition to the "Standard Conditions" mentioned above. IT IS ORDERED that the deferral period shall be 90 days, during which the defendant MUST NOT receive another non-moving violation for a new offense of "DRIVING WHILE LICENSE INVALID", and a sworn affidavit to that effect is required after the 90 day probation period is completed. IT IS SO ORDERED on this 16TH [handwritten] day of MAY 2026 [handwritten] [signature] Glen Neff, Justice of the Peace, Pct 2, Montague County, TX [Seal: Justice Court Precinct #2, Montague County, Texas]
[The registered file holds the order's two pages in reverse order; transcribed here in reading order] Judicial Standing Order Deferred Disposition IT IS ORDERED that a court clerk may process requests for Deferred Disposition ("Deferred") from a defendant, or his attorney, at the Court Clerk window or by receipt of a plea with a Deferred request via regular mail, fax or email, and may complete the
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan (read via the vision lane). Signed by Judge Glen Neff, JP Precinct 2; bound to the Montague JP Precinct 2 court row. [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 5573b3ea059b..., 2 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]
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