Bexar County District Courts Service and Proof of Service Rules

CRITICAL

Applies to

Motion to set

To schedule a non-jury trial or hearing, a party must file a motion to set with the Presiding Court and serve a copy of the motion and a conformed copy of the order on all other parties.

A party may schedule a nonjury trial or hearing by filing a motion to set on a specific date and time with the Presiding Court (210-335-2000) and serving a copy of the motion and a conformed copy of the order on all other parties.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Defendants must receive at least 10 days' notice of a pretrial hearing.

9.4.1 Defendants shall have not less than 10 days notice of the hearing;

CRITICALCriminal cases

For an order request and hearing notice not presented during a hearing or trial, serve the adverse party at least three days before the specified hearing time, unless the parties agree otherwise or the court acts sua sponte.

9.3 An application to the court for an order and notice of any hearing, not presented during a hearing or trial, shall be served on the adverse party not less than three (3) days before the time specified for the hearing, unless otherwise agreed to by the parties or sua sponte by the court.

CRITICALCriminal cases

Parties must notify each other of proposed orders by the next business day or as soon as practical.

Parties are to notify each other of such proposed orders by the next business day or as soon as practical.

CRITICAL

Before presenting an emergency relief request, the moving party must notify opposing counsel or a self-represented litigant of the intent to approach and the assigned appearance time, unless notice would cause irreparable harm or injury.

If there is opposing counsel or a self-represented litigant on the other side, you must provide them notice of your intent to approach and at what time you have been assigned to appear unless doing so would cause irreparable harm or injury.