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The 90th Judicial District Court's standing order on the use of artificial intelligence, applying to every case in the court for Young and Stephens Counties: a signed AI-use certification with human verification of all AI-generated content, and a prohibition on AI use and recording in the courtroom and court offices.
Applies to every case before the 90th Judicial District Court in Young and Stephens Counties — attorneys and self-represented litigants who use AI must file the certification, and AI use and recording are barred in the courtroom and court offices. Procedural information only; not legal advice.
DISTRICT COURT, 90th Judicial District, Young and Stephens Counties, Texas STANDING ORDER REGARDING USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [Filed for record: Stephens County, Texas] This Standing Order of the 90th Judicial District Court applies to every pending, or hereafter filed, case in the 90th Judicial District Court for Young and Stephens Counties, Texas. Nothing in this Order should be construed as to relieve an attorney or self-represented litigant of any legal or ethical obligation required by law, statute, or rule, including rules of procedure, evidence, or the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct. Generative artificial intelligence systems (ChatGPT, Harvey.AI, Google Bard, TensorFlow, Open AI, Bing and others) are being incorporated into common professional use. The abilities of theses systems vary widely depending on the application, version, and specific underlying technology used. While the technology is developing quickly, it is currently unreliable and prone to bias, and often fabricates information. The creators of these systems are not attorneys of record, licensed, and in good standing to practice law in the State of Texas, and are not bound by the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct. WHEREAS the signing of a pleading or motion in Texas certifies that each claim, defense, or other legal contention in the pleading or motion is warranted by existing law or by a nonfrivolous argument for the extension, modification, or reversal of existing law or the establishment of new law. FURTHER the Court is aware that artificial intelligence systems have the ability to take a recording or live conversation and turn that into a transcript or other written document, Courts have the authority to prohibit the use of all recording devices. WHEREAS courts have the inherent power to sanction parties for rules violations, orders, standing orders, and statutory obligations; and WHEREAS, a court on its own initiative may direct a court participant to show cause why his or her conduct has not violated a rule, order, standing order or statutory obligation; IT IS THEREFORE ORDERED THAT: All self-represented litigants and attorneys who utilize any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in connection with a case shall, before using any AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, shall incorporate and certify using the form hereinbelow as a certificate within each pleading generated utilizing artificial intelligence, certifying that; 1. All language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments, and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative artificial intelligence were, before submission verified as accurate through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and 2. That the person understands and acknowledges that they are and will be held responsible, and potentially sanctioned, for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply with this Order. IT IS FURTHER ORDERED THAT: All individuals entering the Courtroom, or court offices, or congregating in the hallway near the entrances thereto are prohibited from recording any of the activities, conversations, or other events occurring in the courtroom, or court offices. Furthermore, the use of artificial intelligence is prohibited in the courtroom, or in court offices. The use of artificial intelligence to record, listen to, or transcribe any activity in the courtroom from whatever vantage point, or court office, is strictly prohibited. This order is effective immediately for all cases filed or pending in the 90th Judicial District Court for Young and Stephens Counties, Texas and remains in effect until rescinded, replaced or amended by this Court. This Order is subject to modification or amendment by the undersigned at any time. This Order shall be posted on the Court's website and the District Clerks for Young and Stephens Counties, Texas are hereby directed to file this Order with the Office of Court Administration and in the county administrative orders of the Court, and to post a file-marked copy of this Order as a Public Notice at the County Courthouses involved. Signed this the 10th day of February, 2026. [signature] Phillip Gregory, District Judge, 90th Judicial District CERTIFICATE REGARDING USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE The below signed attorney/self-represented litigant hereby certifies the following: 1. I reviewed and understand this Court's Standing Order Regarding Artificial Intelligence usage and prohibitions. 2. Prior to filing the above-styled document I verified as accurate using traditional (non-artificial intelligence) legal sources all information created or contributed to by generative artificial intelligence including but not limited to, language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments, and legal analysis. 3. I also understand that failure to do so may result in possible sanctions under the Texas Rules of Disciplinary Conduct, Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 10, and the inherent power of the Court, or for contempt of court for failing to comply with the Court's Standing Order. ______ Attorney Signature
DISTRICT COURT, 90th Judicial District, Young and Stephens Counties, Texas STANDING ORDER REGARDING USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE [Filed for record: Stephens County, Texas] This Standing Order of the 90th Judicial District Court applies to every pending, or hereafter filed, case in the 90th Judicial District Court for Young and Stephens Counties, Texas. Nothing in this Order should be construed a
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-06 from the TOPICs custody scan (read in full via the vision lane). The order is the 90th Judicial District Court's and applies to BOTH Young and Stephens Counties; it was registered by Stephens (2821) and is composed on the Stephens 90th District Court row (Young shares the 90th District Court). A Grayson-class AI regime: signed certification with human verification plus a courtroom AI/recording ban. [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 60ec8e8414fc..., 5 page(s), image-only scan; the OCR layer used as a typing base and corrected word by word from the page) read against the rendered file; verbatim, source typos kept, stamps/signatures bracketed; the earlier abstract replaced by the full instrument; confidence high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p12-2026-09-21]
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.
Standing order of the 109th Judicial District Court for every pending or later-filed case in Andrews, Winkler and Crane Counties: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of artificial intelligence for legal research or drafting in a case must, before using AI-generated information in a court submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and legal analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate by a human through traditional (non-AI) legal sources, and acknowledging responsibility and potential sanctions for their or their co-counsel's failure to comply. Effective immediately; in effect until rescinded or replaced.