Judge Ralph Swearingin Jr.'s local rule for Justice Court Precinct One (effective Apr. 30, 2026): eFile Texas filings of five pages or fewer per envelope carry no copy fee and may be filed through eFile Texas Self-Help; filings of more than five pages per envelope incur copy fees of $1 for the first page and $0.25 for each additional page and must be filed through eFile Texas, not eFile Texas Self-Help.
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LOCAL RULE COURT PROCEDURES FOR EFILE TEXAS FILINGS AND COPY FEE ASSESSMENT JUSTICE COURT, PRECINT ONE OF TARRANT COUNTY, TEXAS EFFECTIVE DATE: APRIL 30, 2026 LOCAL RULE: COURT PROCEDURES FOR EFILE TEXAS FILINGS AND COPY FEE ASSESSMENT TARRANT COUNTY JUSTICE COURT, PRECINCT ONE IMPORTANT NOTICE Filings submitted through eFile Texas that contain five pages or fewer per envelope will not incur copy
Reviewer note: Text-layer registration (2 pages, 1,121 chars) read in full; quoted verbatim. Composed benchpath-ajr8-tarrant. County-site receipt(s) in custody 2026-09-06: https://www.tarrantcountytx.gov/content/dam/main/justices-of-the-peace/JP1/local-rules-and-standing-orders/Local_Rule_CourtProcedureFor_EFILE_TEXAS_AND_COPYFEEASSESSMENT.pdf (byte-identical edition). [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 a0b5e41e7c83..., 2 page(s), digital layer that failed the machine checks; text taken from the layer 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]
A 2013 standing order requiring attorneys to e-file family-law and civil documents (no paper filings accepted) as the court began compliance with the Supreme Court's e-filing mandate; criminal filing unchanged.
A 2013 standing order requiring attorneys to e-file family-law and civil documents (no paper filings accepted) as the court began compliance with the Supreme Court's e-filing mandate; criminal filing unchanged.
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