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The Tarrant County Justice Courts' Local Rules for Discovery as adopted for Precinct One by Judge Ralph Swearingin Jr. (effective July 1, 2015; revised Apr. 30, 2026): pretrial discovery only by court order (TRCP 500.8), a general disclosure request no party may object to, a discovery period running from the signed order to 30 days before trial, limits of six deposition hours and fifteen interrogatories, fifteen requests for production and fifteen requests for admission per party, a duty to amend or supplement within 14 days and no later than 21 days before trial with exclusion of late material absent good cause or lack of surprise, a mandatory Certificate of Discovery Conference on every discovery motion, telephone or electronic discovery hearings on request, and 30-day post-judgment discovery objections.
Texas > Tarrant County > Justice Court, Precinct 1 (Place 1) — civil cases (evictions, small claims, debt claims); pretrial and post-judgment discovery. Precinct 2 adopted the same text (doc 2952, rev. May 1, 2026), composed separately.
"DISCOVERY TIME PERIODS AND LIMITATIONS … I. Pretrial Discovery Period – All discovery must be conducted during the discovery period, which begins when the judge issues a signed order approving the discovery request and concludes the earlier of a date set by the court or no later than 30 days before trial. II. Each party may have no more than six (6) hours in total to examine and cross-examine all
Reviewer note: Text-layer registration (9 pages, 10,183 chars) read in full; operative limits, disclosure list, supplementation duty, certificate requirement and hearing rule 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_Discovery_2026.pdf (byte-identical edition).
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