Webb County District Courts Filing Rules

The Criminal District Attorney must note specified pending-case, co-defendant, and tracking information on a non-substantive part of the indictment.

For a motion unopposed by all counsel of record, counsel may conspicuously state that fact on the face of the motion.

Moving counsel seeking a hearing may submit a written hearing fiat or order to the case coordinator, and it must contain the specified case, hearing, signature, and time-estimate information.

For an initial hearing in a SA PCR and/or divorce case, the parties must bring recent pay stubs, W-2s for the prior two years, and tax returns with schedules for the prior two years.

The plaintiff must designate testifying experts by the set date and provide their reports, curricula vitae, names, addresses, and the information and materials required by Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 195.5.

Counsel must submit the conference statement three days before the conference.

The witness disclosure and deposition designations are due 10 days before the Final Pre-Trial Hearing.

Opposing counsel must file objections to a proposed judgment or order within three working days after receiving the proposed judgment.

All jury cases must be set for trial within one year after filing.

The plaintiff’s amendments and supplements of affirmation or pleadings must be filed by the date set for this deadline.

The order and judgment must be forwarded to opposing counsel for signature and approval as to form within seven days.

Counsel offering deposition testimony must serve the designations on the opposing party as well as file them.

A party seeking authentication must give the offering counsel written notice within five days after the exhibit is listed and made available; otherwise, failure to object in writing before trial concedes authenticity.

A filer who electronically files or serves a document, or agrees to accept service, must provide any e-mail address change to TexasOnline, the district clerk, and all parties.

The notice of intent to use discovery affidavits under Texas Civil Practice and Remedies Code §18.001 must be served on the opposing party by the affidavit deadline.

The parties may not agree to reset a trial setting without prior notice to the court or a timely continuance motion, and the court must approve the reset or continuance.

Counsel may not pass a trial setting by agreement without the trial judge’s prior approval.

A continuance motion in a non-jury case must be filed at least four days before trial.

No trial shal I be except by: A. Settlement, in writing or on record; Written agreement/motion continuance of all parties, with consent of C. A motion for continuance timely tiled under Rules Civil Procedure with consent the court;

A court hearing or jury trial setting may be passed upon written settlement notification, written agreement or continuance motion of all parties, or a timely continuance motion under the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, with the court’s consent.

Attorneys with conflicting court settings must notify the court coordinator as soon as the conflict is apparent and provide the listed information.

Attorneys who have a conflicting setting and will be late must notify the court coordinator and opposing counsel as soon as the conflict becomes apparent, stating the conflict’s nature, where counsel can be reached, the requested announcement, and the expected time of personal appearance.

An attorney must alert the affected Judges to all dual settings as soon as the settings are known.

Attorneys with conflicting settings who expect to be late must notify the court coordinator and provide the listed conflict, contact, announcement, and appearance-time information as soon as the conflict becomes apparent.

Before filing a motion, counsel must contact opposing counsel to attempt to resolve the matters and make at least three separate contact attempts during regular business hours over at least two days.

A motion may not be filed before the conference without leave of court and a certificate that the movant conferred with opposing counsel in a good-faith effort to resolve the matter.

Before filing a motion, counsel must contact opposing counsel to attempt resolution and make at least three contact attempts during regular business hours over at least two days.

Any motion for discovery may be treated as premature unless counsel for movant has: 1. Made a good faith effort to obtain such discovery or relief from opposing counsel by agreement; 2. Complied with the applicable Rules of Civil Procedure, and has been unsuccessful, or shows good cause for not making such an effort; and 3. Includes a proposed order and certificate of conference pursuant to Local Rule 3.24

The inventory and appraisement must substantially follow Form 7-1 of the Texas Family Law Practice Manual.

Each exhibit must be marked with the date and case number.

A document requiring opposing parties’ signatures may be electronically filed only as a scanned image.

Electronically transmitted filings must use approximately 8½-by-11-inch paper, be individually signed, include the stated filer information, and be legible when transmitted.

Electronic filing and electronic service of court documents are optional unless subsection (b) applies.

A citation or writ bearing the court’s official seal may not be transmitted electronically.

The rules govern the clerk’s receipt and filing of electronically transmitted court documents.

After filing an electronically transmitted document, the clerk will electronically send the sender an acknowledgment and any cost receipt.

An EFSP may charge an additional convenience fee for electronic filing, in addition to regular filing fees.

The jury fee must be paid for a case to be set on the jury docket.

The clerk will not accept an electronically transmitted document for filing until court costs and fees are paid; payment may be made by Mastercard or through an escrow account.

The clerk must adopt an electronic-filing fee schedule annually, and the local courts must approve it.

Personal information, account numbers, and similar information may be redacted from financial information filed with the court.

Financial information filed with the court may have personal information, account numbers, and similar information redacted.

Personal information, account numbers, and similar information may be redacted from financial information filed with the court.

The Court requests that attorneys bring courtesy copies of filed pleadings; no number or delivery method is specified.

A filer may include only one document in an electronic transmission to TexasOnline, but may include another document as an attachment.