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Joint administrative order of the 123rd District Court and the Panola County Court at Law, entered during the COVID-19 remote-hearing period: the only recording of any proceeding is the Official Court Reporter's, and any other person who records a court proceeding in any manner, in the courtroom or via remote access, whether an active participant or a public viewer, is strictly prohibited from doing so and may be held in contempt of court.
Texas > Tenth Administrative Judicial Region > Panola County > the 123rd District Court and the County Court at Law. Applies to every court proceeding in those courts, whether held in the courtroom or by remote access, and to participants and public viewers alike.
IN THE 123RD DISTRICT COURT AND COUNTY COURT OF LAW OF PANOLA COUNTY, TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER In response to the COVID-19 global pandemic, state Executive Orders, and the Emergency Orders of the Texas Supreme Court, the Panola County Courts have implemented procedures for remote hearings requiring live broadcasts to the general public via services such as Zoom and You Tube to satisfy the Texas constitutional requirements for open courts. The Courts find it essential that the only recording of any proceeding shall be that of the Official Court Reporter. The Courts find that the recording of any court proceeding, whether in the courtroom or via remote access, without permission shall be strictly prohibited. IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED that it is strictly prohibited for any individual other than the Official Court Reporter to record in any manner a court proceeding, whether in the courtroom or via remote access, and whether by active participants or public viewers. Any violation of this Order may result in a finding of contempt of court. SIGNED this the 6th day of January, 2021. [signature] LeAnn Kay Rafferty, Judge 123 Judicial District Court [signature] Terry D. Bailey, Judge Panola County Court at Law [File stamp: FILED at 3:45 o'clock P.M., JAN 06 2021, Lindsey Smith, Clerk, District Court & County Court at Law, Panola Co., TX, by deputy]
IN THE 123RD DISTRICT COURT AND COUNTY COURT OF LAW OF PANOLA COUNTY, TEXAS ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER In response to the COVID-19 global pandemic, state Executive Orders, and the Emergency Orders of the Texas Supreme Court, the Panola County Courts have implemented procedures for remote hearings requiring live broadcasts to the general public via services such as Zoom and You Tube to satisfy the Texa
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-19 (AJR-10 Tenth Region build) from BenchPath custody sources/registered/7.pdf (application/pdf, 223479 bytes, sha256 758224b631a9e38778060a9e41dd1e8f1c5b5b0170bd70e9daa5ff87519fa32a; 1 pages) - the TOPICs-registered document: 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. One-page image-only PDF; OCR draft corrected line by line against the render. The caption reads County Court of Law as printed.
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