Kerr County District Courts Filing Rules

The Request for Setting must include a certificate stating that it was served on all counsel and listing each attorney's name and address and the service date.

Upon either side's written request, which may be made by letter or email without a motion, each side must disclose its potential trial experts under Rules 702, 703, or 705.

Each motion must include certificates of conference and service with the specified information.

The State must inform the defense at least one day before trial of promises of benefit or leniency to an accomplice or prospective witness related to testimony or cooperation.

The State must furnish the Defense a copy of its witness list on or before the day it files the list.

Notice to parties may be delivered by hand, mail, or electronically in accordance with Rule 21a(10).

The attorney must submit the detailed statement to the trial Judge within 15 days after the mandate is returned in an appeal.

The State must file its intended case-in-chief witness list with the Clerk at least one day before trial.

The State must file its list of intended case-in-chief witnesses with the Clerk at least one day before trial.

A non-agreed continuance filed less than seven days before a hearing is presumptively denied, and the filing party should not rely on it without a signed order.

A discovery motion may be filed only after the Defense has obtained discovery and believes something remains undisclosed, or the State has failed to provide discovery under CCP 39.14.

Before filing any motion, counsel must confer with opposing counsel and attempt to resolve the matter.

Uncontested divorces, agreed divorces, defaults, uncontested name changes, and adoptions may be set by phone with the Court Coordinator without sending an Order Setting.

The party requesting a setting should E-file the Request for Setting with the Clerk.

After agreeing on a date, complete the Agreed Order Setting and send the Court Coordinator a courtesy copy of the file-marked Motion, the proposed Agreed Order, and a statement that the date is agreed.