Orange County District Court, Texas Sealing & Redaction Procedures

CRITICAL

Attorneys and self-represented litigants must redact sensitive data before filing, may include a sensitive-data notice when disclosure is required by law, and must resubmit a redacted substitute if unredacted sensitive data was filed.

2.4.1. All attorneys and self-represented litigants must follow Tex. R. Civ. P. 21 c and must redact sensitive date before filing documents. If the inclusion of sensitive data is required by law, then the documents may be marked with a notice that the document contains sensitive data; otherwise the document must not contain that notice. If a party has filed a document containing un-redacted sensitive data, the party must resubmit a redacted substitute document.

CRITICALCriminal cases

In felony cases, the District Clerk must seal these notices and attachments upon filing and prevent public access.

1. The District Clerk of Orange County, Texas shall seal upon filing and prevent the public from viewing any Notice of Intent to Use Child Abuse Victim's Hearsay Statements and any attachments in felony cases before the courts.

INFOCriminal cases

The courts and defense attorney are entitled to view the notices and attachments despite their sealing.

2. The courts and the defense attorney shall be entitled to view the Notice of Intent to Use Child Abuse Victim's Hearsay Statements and any attachments.