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Standing order of the 402nd District Court on generative artificial intelligence: any attorney or self-represented litigant who uses any form of AI for legal research, drafting or analysis in a case before the court must, before using AI-generated information in a submission or proceeding, sign and submit the court's certification form stating that all language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments and analysis created or contributed to by generative AI were verified as accurate through traditional (non-AI) legal sources by a human being, and that the filer understands they will be held responsible, and potentially sanctioned, for their own, their staff's or their co-counsel's failure to comply. The order relieves no one of existing legal or ethical obligations. The certification form (Exhibit A) is reproduced after the order.
Texas > Tenth Administrative Judicial Region > Wood County > the 402nd District Court. By its own terms the order applies to every pending or later-filed case in the District Court of Wood County, to attorneys and self-represented litigants alike; effective immediately on April 29, 2026 until rescinded or replaced.
STANDING ORDER REGARDING USE OF ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE 402nd Judicial District Court of Wood County This Standing Order of the District Court of Wood County applies to every pending or hereafter filed case in the District Court of Wood County. Nothing in this Order should be construed as relieving an attorney or self-represented litigant of any legal or ethical obligation required by law, statut
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-19 (AJR-10 Tenth Region build) from BenchPath custody sources/registered/2948.pdf (application/pdf, 915808 bytes, sha256 7e2d61db242fcb29db3dc191dfb3f98e26febec1c9e9c31a4a55509cd534f276; 2 pages) - the TOPICs-registered document: transcribed by eye from the rendered pages of the scanned PDF (no text layer in the file was relied on), machine OCR draft corrected page by page; signature and file-stamp blocks bracketed. Identical bytes posted on the county site: https://www.mywoodcounty.com/upload/page/0107/AI Standing Orders.pdf. Two-page scan read by eye; typed from the pages and checked against an independent OCR pass. Handwritten: '29th' and 'April'. The clerk's stamp lies over the last letters of the title. Printed as on the instrument: 'in good standings'. The order directs filers to 'the attached certification form'; the form is registered separately as TOPICs 2947 (one-page scan, read by eye and typed from the page) and is reproduced after the order under a bracketed note - one rule, two receipts. The form prints three runs of hyphens where a dash is meant ('intelligence---including', 'analysis---was'), kept as printed. Also posted on the county's own website: https://www.mywoodcounty.com/upload/page/0111/docs/20260430102807.pdf (2,085,706 bytes, sha256 3b08b2a1e20f8873...; a colour scan of the same signed and file-stamped order with the Exhibit A certification form as its third page - read 2026-09-20). [judge-procedure lane 2026-09-20: attached to J. Brad McCampbell as the sole sitting judge of the 402nd District Court (Wood County); operative court procedure, attribution by current seat.]
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.
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