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The local rules of the 29th Judicial District Court of Palo Pinto County, adopted by District Judge Jerry D. Ray (filed Jan. 1, 2001) under Rule 3(a) of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and Article 33.08 of the Code of Criminal Procedure to establish an orderly, dignified and expeditious procedure for the Court's business.
Applies to civil and criminal matters before the 29th Judicial District Court in Palo Pinto County. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
Local Rules of the 29th Judicial District Court of Palo Pinto County, Texas (adopted by District Judge Jerry D. Ray; filed with the District Clerk Jan. 1, 2001). The Introduction and Order Adopting Rules state that the rules are promulgated under the authority granted district courts by Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 3(a) and Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 33.08 to promulgate rules of practice for conducting the business of the court, that all prior rules of the 29th Judicial District Court are expressly repealed, that a copy is filed with the District Clerk of Palo Pinto County and available to all persons and attorneys with litigation in the court, and that nothing in the rules limits the trial judge's discretion to make additional orders, settings or procedural directions for the expedient and orderly dispatch of the court's business. The Order Adopting Rules directs the clerk to record the rules and order in the minutes and furnish a copy to the Supreme Court of Texas and the Court of Appeals. (10-page local-rules set governing practice before the court.)
Local Rules of the 29th Judicial District Court of Palo Pinto County, Texas (adopted by District Judge Jerry D. Ray; filed with the District Clerk Jan. 1, 2001). The Introduction and Order Adopting Rules state that the rules are promulgated under the authority granted district courts by Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 3(a) and Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 33.08 to promulgate rules of practice for
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the county's own District Court page (ezTask; image-only, read via the vision lane). Palo Pinto registered nothing on TOPICs; this is an own-site instrument. The adoption is by Judge Ray (2001); the current 29th District Judge is Michael D. Moore (per the 2024 remote-hearing rules).
Division XI: information forms for data processing (Rule 11.2); required action - action taken on all calendared cases and a future date always set (Rule 11.19); and pro tem judges - an attorney named as a plaintiff in a civil or small claims case may not sit as a judge pro-tem during the case or within six months following its resolution, nor one named as a defendant in two or more such cases (Rule 11.22). Rules 11.1, 11.3 to 11.5, 11.7 to 11.18, 11.20 and 11.21 are repealed, and Rule 11.6 (voluntary arbitration; see Local Rule 10.2) was repealed and renumbered.
Duval County's indigent-defense and magistration rules under the Texas Fair Defense Act (S.B. 7): who may be booked into the county jail and on what paper; arrest-case numbering; presentment to a magistrate within 48 hours (art. 15.16); the magistrate's warnings, counsel inquiry, interpreter duty, indigence determination and appointment of counsel within 24 hours of a request; the alternative appointment plan under art. 26.04(g)-(h) with annual applications, seven attorney categories (capital, first and second degree, third degree/state jail/misdemeanor, competency, appeals, post-conviction, extradition), CLE and experience standards, random rotation within each category, written acceptance within 48 hours, first contact by the end of the next working day, replacement and suspension of counsel, fee applications within five days of completing services and the compensation attachment ($500 pleas; $175/$150 hourly; $1,400 per jury-trial day; appellate caps); bail schedules by offense class with a personal bond office (fee $20 or 3%), pre-trial supervision and revocation hearings within two working days; arraignment settings and notice; repeal of conflicting rules.