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The Rockwall County District Courts and statutory County Courts at Law's general standing order on AI (signed and entered June 22, 2026 by all district and CCL judges): any attorney or self-represented party who used AI in any way to prepare a filed document SHALL disclose that use in a clear, concise sworn factual statement AND certify that every citation to the law or the record has been verified and is accurate, on penalty of the court's discretion (including striking the non-compliant filing); the order supplies a sample penalty-of-perjury certification.
Texas > Rockwall County > the District Courts (382nd, 439th, 503rd) and the statutory County Courts at Law (Nos. 1–2) — the county's AI standing order, signed and entered June 22, 2026 by Judges Brett Hall, David E. Rakow, J. Brian Williams, Keith P. Wheeler, and Stephani Woodward (matching the OCA roster); binds any filing prepared with AI
ADOPTION: "The Judges of the District Courts and statutory County Courts at Law in Rockwall County, Texas, hereby adopt this Standing Order Regarding Use of Artificial Intelligence for any Court Filing." DISCLOSURE AND CERTIFICATION: "If any attorney for a party or self-represented party has utilized Artificial Intelligence ('AI') in any way for the preparation of any filed documents with the Court, the party SHALL, in a clear and concise sworn factual statement, disclose that AI was utilized in the preparation of the filing and CERTIFY that each and every citation to the law, or the record in the filed document, has been verified and is accurate. The Court reserves the right to rule as it sees fit on any failure to comply with this standing order including, but not limited to, striking the non-compliant filing." SAMPLE CERTIFICATION (not required verbatim so long as it conforms): the filer's full name, date of birth, and address, then "I declare under penalty of perjury that: 1. I have read this document. 2. Artificial Intelligence ('AI') was utilized in the preparation of this document. 3. Each and every citation to the law or the record in this document has been independently verified and is accurate. 4. I understand that I will be held responsible and subject to possible sanctions under the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct, Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 13 and the inherent power of the Court, or for contempt of court, for failing to comply with the Court's Standing Order or this certification," executed and formally signed in Rockwall County.
Reviewer note: Own-site instrument composed verbatim (text layer; custody sha in the fetch ledger). REGISTRATION-EFFECTIVENESS ADJUDICATION: this AI order is NOT in the TOPICs registered set for Rockwall, but it is a duly SIGNED and ENTERED standing order ('SIGNED and ENTERED on this 22nd day of June, 2026') posted on the county's official court site over the signatures of all district and CCL judges — effective by its own terms; TOPICs registration is a filing/publication convenience, not a validity prerequisite. Composed as an effective own-site standing order with its non-registration status noted. This is the sworn-disclosure counterpart to Collin's and Grayson's AI regimes and Dallas CCL4's standing order; the signers match the OCA roster.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 1, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.
Tenth (10th) Court of Appeals — Standing Order No. 2, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/01/2023). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.