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Fourth (4th) Court of Appeals — 4th COA Local Rules, as registered in the statewide TOPICs local-rules registry (posted 01/07/2026). The operative requirements are quoted verbatim; the registered document is the controlling text.
IN THE COURT OF APPEALS FOURTH COURT OF APPEALS DISTRICT STATE OF TEXAS In the Matter of: Adoption of Local Rules, ADMINISTRATIVE ORDER Fourth Court of Appeals District, State of Texas IT IS ORDERED that, effective December 2, 2025, all local rules adopted before December 2, 2025, are rescinded, and the following rules are adopted as local rules for the Fourth Court of Appeals. … The quality of the original must be clear and dark enough to be transmitted legibly by fax. … The party transmitting a document by fax must: … An electronically filed document in such cases must contain a certificate of service that satisfies Rule 9.5(e)'s requirements for documents not filed electronically in civil cases. … Absent truly extraordinary circumstances alleged and supported by appropriate argument, authority, and evidence, additional extensions will not be favorably considered. … 2.2 Request for Temporary or Emergency Relief in Original Proceedings If temporary relief is requested in an original proceeding, a separate motion must be filed that complies with Rule 52.10 of the Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure. … If the parties agree to file a joint appendix under Rule 34.5a(c), such an agreed joint appendix must be filed at the same time as the appellant's brief. … Because a Rule 34.5a appendix must be filed separately from any other document, it must satisfy the certificate requirements of Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.5(e). … The appendix must contain a cover page that includes (i) the case style; … Each Rule 34.5a appendix must contain an index immediately following the cover page. … The index must be in chronological order from the earliest to the latest date that a pleading contained in the appendix was filed with a court clerk or that an order was signed. … The appendix pages must be sequentially numbered. … For each document included in the appendix, the index must separately list such document and identify it by (i) the verbatim title of the pleading or order (or by other information sufficient to identify the document if it is not a pleading or order), (ii) the file-mark date of the document or the date of an order's signature, and (iii) a listing of the number within the appendix's sequence of documents where the first page of the included document is found. … The appendix must be electronically bookmarked for each document contained in the appendix. … The index listing of any document filed by the parties' agreement pursuant to Rule 34.5a(c) must contain a notation that it is being filed pursuant to that subsection, and such agreed document(s) must appear in the appendix after documents filed with a court clerk. … For an electronically filed appendix in lieu of a clerk's record, the appendix must comply with the e-filing requirements of Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.4(j). … An unrepresented party not filing an appendix electronically must include an index that meets this subsection's requirements. … An appendix in lieu of a clerk's record must comply with (i) the requirements for the protection of a minor's identity contained in Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.8, (ii) the privacy protection for documents filed in civil cases contained in Texas Rule of Appellate Procedure 9.9, and (iii) any other redaction requirement imposed under Texas or federal law. …
Reviewer note: Operative mandatory-language provisions quoted verbatim from the registered document; the full document (sha256 3dff86fb1754…) is the controlling text.
Division XI: information forms for data processing (Rule 11.2); required action - action taken on all calendared cases and a future date always set (Rule 11.19); and pro tem judges - an attorney named as a plaintiff in a civil or small claims case may not sit as a judge pro-tem during the case or within six months following its resolution, nor one named as a defendant in two or more such cases (Rule 11.22). Rules 11.1, 11.3 to 11.5, 11.7 to 11.18, 11.20 and 11.21 are repealed, and Rule 11.6 (voluntary arbitration; see Local Rule 10.2) was repealed and renumbered.
Duval County's indigent-defense and magistration rules under the Texas Fair Defense Act (S.B. 7): who may be booked into the county jail and on what paper; arrest-case numbering; presentment to a magistrate within 48 hours (art. 15.16); the magistrate's warnings, counsel inquiry, interpreter duty, indigence determination and appointment of counsel within 24 hours of a request; the alternative appointment plan under art. 26.04(g)-(h) with annual applications, seven attorney categories (capital, first and second degree, third degree/state jail/misdemeanor, competency, appeals, post-conviction, extradition), CLE and experience standards, random rotation within each category, written acceptance within 48 hours, first contact by the end of the next working day, replacement and suspension of counsel, fee applications within five days of completing services and the compensation attachment ($500 pleas; $175/$150 hourly; $1,400 per jury-trial day; appellate caps); bail schedules by offense class with a personal bond office (fee $20 or 3%), pre-trial supervision and revocation hearings within two working days; arraignment settings and notice; repeal of conflicting rules.