First Trial Setting: 45 Days' Notice — Tex. R. Civ. P. 245 — TX · BenchPath

First Trial Setting: 45 Days' Notice — Tex. R. Civ. P. 245

High confidence· verified October 3, 2026Case ManagementTex. R. Civ. P. 245

Summary

Contested cases may be set for trial on any party's written request or the court's own motion with reasonable notice of not less than forty-five days for a FIRST setting; resets need only reasonable notice. A request for a setting is a good-faith representation of expected readiness.

Applies to

Texas > All state trial courts

Requirement

RULE 245. ASSIGNMENT OF CASES FOR TRIAL The court may set contested cases on written request of any party, or on the court's own motion, with reasonable notice of not less than forty-five days to the parties of a first setting for trial, or by agreement of the parties; provided, however, that when a case previously has been set for trial, the Court may reset said contested case to a later date on any reasonable notice to the parties or by agreement of the parties. Non-contested cases may be tried or disposed of at any time whether set or not, and may be set at any time for any other time. A request for trial setting constitutes a representation that the requesting party reasonably and in good faith expects to be ready for trial by the date requested, but no additional representation concerning the completion of pretrial proceedings or of current readiness for trial shall be required in order to obtain a trial setting in a contested case.

Deadline engine

45 calendar days before

First trial setting: notice of not less than 45 days

Trigger: First setting for trial

Tex. R. Civ. P. 245

Computed periods follow Tex. R. Civ. P. 4 — periods of five days or less skip weekends and legal holidays. Justice-court cases count every day under Tex. R. Civ. P. 500.4(a), and appellate periods count every day under Tex. R. App. P. 4.1(a); always confirm holiday calendars for the specific court.

Source of truth

Official source: Supreme Court of Texas — Rules & Standards (statewide compilations)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 12, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: October 3, 2026benchpath-fix-2026-10-03 (quoted text present verbatim in the compilation posted 2026-10-03)

Reviewer note: 2026-10-03 (fix program 2026-10-03, M10): receipt moved to the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure compilation posted 2026-10-03 (media 1463426); every quoted fragment of this card is present in it.