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County Court at Law No. 3's dismissal-docket procedure (page last modified May 22, 2015): after a six-month notice the case is dismissed in 45 days unless a letter to the coordinator, motion to retain, trial-setting letter or final judgment arrives; after a twelve-month notice, in 30 days unless a motion to retain, trial-setting letter, final judgment, or summary-judgment motion with a motion to retain is filed; a 'Finality Notice' signals imminent disposal; retained and reinstated cases carry a date certain with no further notice.
Texas > Tarrant County > County Court at Law No. 3 (civil) — cases on the dismissal docket.
"SIX-MONTH DISMISSAL: When a six-month Notice of Dismissal is sent, the case will be dismissed in 45 days unless one of the following occurs: A letter is sent to the coordinator stating the reason the case should be removed from the Dismissal Docket; A Motion to Retain is filed; A Trial Setting letter is sent to the Court; or A Final Judgment is submitted to the Court (generally a Default). TWELVE-MONTH DISMISSAL: When a 12-month Notice of Dismissal is sent, the case will be dismissed in 30 days unless one of the following occurs: A Motion to Retain is filed; A Trial Setting letter is filed; A Final Judgment is submitted to the Court; or A Motion for Summary Judgment is filed accompanied by a Motion to Retain. FINALITY NOTICE: If a Notice of Dismissal includes a 'Finality Notice' it has come to the attention of the Court that the case needs to be disposed of in the very near future. RETAINED CASE — If a Motion to Retain or a letter removing a case from the dismissal docket is granted, the Order will usually give a date upon which it will be dismissed — if no action is taken to finalize the case. No further notice is given of the intent to dismiss a case after it has been retained. REINSTATED CASE — Cases which have been reinstated are generally subject to the same rules as a Retained Case. Some action must be taken to finalize the case within the time period set forth on the Order Reinstating." (Page last modified May 22, 2015.)
"SIX-MONTH DISMISSAL: When a six-month Notice of Dismissal is sent, the case will be dismissed in 45 days unless one of the following occurs: A letter is sent to the coordinator stating the reason the case should be removed from the Dismissal Docket; A Motion to Retain is filed; A Trial Setting letter is sent to the Court; or A Final Judgment is submitted to the Court (generally a Default). TWELVE
Reviewer note: Own-site HTML page read in full 2026-09-06 from custody; quoted verbatim; 2015 posting — court-scoped. Composed benchpath-ajr8-tarrant (own-site lane).
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