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Administrative order of the two district courts and the county court of Shelby County: no one other than the Official Court Reporter may record a court proceeding in any manner, whether in the courtroom or by remote access and whether as an active participant or as a public viewer of a broadcast; a violation may result in a finding of contempt. The order recites that the courts broadcast remote hearings to the public (Zoom, YouTube) to satisfy the open-courts requirement.
Texas > Tenth Administrative Judicial Region > Shelby County > the 123rd and 273rd District Courts and the Constitutional County Court. Applies to every court proceeding of those courts, in the courtroom or by remote access, and to participants and public viewers alike.
21 MICV 01 [handwritten] IN THE DISTRICT AND COUNTY COURTS OF SHELBY 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 Shelby 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 [signature] James A. Payne, Judge 273rd Judicial District [signature] Allison Harbison, Judge Shelby County [File stamp: FILED, LORI OLIVER, DISTRICT CLERK, 2021 JAN -7 A 11:52, DISTRICT COURT, SHELBY COUNTY, TEXAS, BY [initials], DEPUTY]
21 MICV 01 [handwritten] IN THE DISTRICT AND COUNTY COURTS OF SHELBY 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 Shelby 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
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-19 (AJR-10 Tenth Region build) from BenchPath custody sources/registered/1184.pdf (application/pdf, 26008 bytes, sha256 42ee4a3a3936f2982386daa360d44b1ed527c8bda3d19e7363ab8151c4511687; 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 scan read by eye; typed from the page and checked against an independent OCR pass. The number '21 MICV 01' is handwritten at the head of the page. Printed as on the instrument: '123 Judicial District' without the ordinal, 'You Tube' in two words. The order was made during the COVID-19 period and recites it, but its prohibition is not limited in time and carries no expiration. A joint order of three courts; no judge join.
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