Protocols for Electronic Appearance (County Court at Law No. 2… — San Patricio County, TX · BenchPath

Protocols for Electronic Appearance (County Court at Law No. 2, San Patricio County; Judge Viki Hesseltine Martino)

High confidence· verified September 9, 2026Remote / Zoom HearingsProtocols for Electronic Appearance, San Patricio County Court at Law No. 2 — posted on the County Court at Law No. 2 page of the San Patricio County website (page/open/1597/0/Electronic Hearing Protocols.pdf; custody sha256 fd6e3ab5…).

Summary

Cases set for electronic hearing in County Court at Law No. 2 appear by Zoom under the court's protocols: a Zoom account under the participant's real name, appearance by video (not voice only), courtroom attire for attorneys and appropriate dress for everyone else, admission limited to counsel of record, litigants (and spouses where the rules permit), testifying experts and witnesses when called; hearings are public and may not be recorded; participants join a few minutes early, wait in the virtual waiting room, keep a quiet well-lit indoor location (never a moving vehicle or crowded place), use private chat only between client and lawyer, and observe the Rule as to Witnesses, which is invoked in every virtual hearing; witnesses may not consult anyone or any document while testifying; private client conferences happen in a breakout room on request. Failure to appear as directed may bring sanctions up to default judgment, dismissal, fines, or a warrant or capias.

Applies to

Applies to every hearing County Court at Law No. 2 of San Patricio County sets for electronic appearance (civil and criminal dockets; the sanctions clause speaks to claims, default judgments, fines and warrants). Posted on the court's page of the county website (www.sanpatriciocountytx.gov, Court At Law 2); not registered on TOPICs. Undated on its face.

Source of truth

SAN PATRICIO COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 2 — PROTOCOLS FOR ELECTRONIC APPEARANCE YOUR CASE HAS BEEN SET FOR AN ELECTRONIC HEARING BEFORE THE SAN PATRICIO COUNTY COURT AT LAW NO. 2, via the Zoom Meetings App. Failure to appear in the manner directed may result in sanctions being imposed, including your claims being denied, claims against you being granted, monetary sanctions or fines being assessed, is

Official source: San Patricio County Courts — www.sanpatriciocountytx.gov (county website; County Court at Law No. 2 and District Clerk pages)
Source health: Healthy · checked October 9, 2026
Effective date: —
Last verified: September 9, 2026benchpath-tx-ajr4-san-patricio-ownsite-r1-0909

Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-09 from BenchPath's own-site custody copy (native text layer; reading order checked against the rendered page). Two pages, native text; the closing signature line (Presiding Judge) is noted in brackets. Court and judge join: the court's own protocol, Judge Martino presiding. Practice family mixed because the protocol governs every electronically set hearing of the court.