Policy of the Potter County Court (County Judge) on self-represented applicants: a pro se party may represent only themselves, so applicants for letters testamentary or of administration, heirship determinations, small estate affidavits and guardianships must be represented by a licensed attorney; with questions and answers on when a pro se applicant may proceed, including probate of a will as a muniment of title (all beneficiaries apply and testify; the signed original, self-proved will).
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[emblem] HONORABLE NANCY TANNER Potter County Judge 500 S. Fillmore, Suite 103 Amarillo, Texas 79101 (806) 379-2250 Email: shannonbarnett@mypottercounty.com Court Policy Regarding "Pro Se" Applicants (Applicants without an Attorney) People who represent themselves in court are called "pro se" or "self-represented" litigants. You are not required to have a lawyer to file papers or to participate
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-25 (AJR-9 Ninth Region build, own-site layer) from BenchPath custody ajr9 corpus sources/documents/8f9387c7333dace3-court-policy-regarding-pro-se-applicants.pdf (144,484 bytes, sha256 8f9387c7333dace3fac7441a51ad93185add08b541445452ee1852ec2e95514c; 3 page(s)) - the document the Potter County website posts (https://www.co.potter.tx.us/upload/page/0064/docs/County%20Clerk/Court%20Policy%20Regarding%20Pro%20Se%20Applicants.pdf), not registered with the Office of Court Administration's TOPICs registry as of 2026-09-25: transcribed by eye from the rendered pages of the scanned file (no machine text relied on) and read a second time against the page images - for long documents word by word against an independent machine OCR of the same scan, every disagreement and every handwritten entry resolved on the image; signature, seal and file-stamp blocks bracketed. Signed: Honorable Nancy Tanner, Potter County Judge (letterhead; the pages carry the footer date 12.2017).
The Precinct 4 justice court's instruction letter: a plea of no contest or guilty makes the fine and costs due, a not-guilty plea brings a mailed court date, remittances by money order or cashier's check only (personal checks returned), juveniles 16 and under must contact the court with a parent or guardian before the appearance date, and payment online or by phone.
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