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Part I — Administration and Organization

1 Authority
2 Definitions
3 Council of Presiding Judges
4 Council of Judges
5 Duties of the Presiding Judge

Part II — Time Standards and Responsibilities

6.1 District, Statutory County, and Business Courts D
6.2 Appeals in Certain Cases Involving the Parent-Child Relationship and From Orders Certifying a Juvenile to Stand Trial as an Adult D
7.1 All Courts
7.2 District, Statutory County, and Business Courts

Part III — Assignment and Local Rules

8 Assignment of Judges
9 Local Administrative Judges
10 Local Rules, Forms, and Standing Orders

Part IV — Pretrial and Special Proceedings

11.1 Applicability
11.2 Definitions
11.3 Assignment of Pretrial Judge
11.4 Procedure for Obtaining Assignment of a Pretrial Judge
11.5 Review
11.6 Expenses of Pretrial Judge
11.7 Relationship to Rule 13
12.1 Policy
12.10 Sanctions
12.2 Definitions
12.3 Applicability
12.4 Access to Judicial Records
12.5 Exemptions from Disclosure
12.6 Procedures for Obtaining Access to Judicial Records D
12.7 Costs for Copies of Judicial Records; Appeal of Assessment
12.8 Denial of Access to a Judicial Record D
12.9 Relief from Denial of Access to Judicial Records D
13.10 MDL Panel Rules
13.1 Authority and Applicability
13.11 Civil Actions Filed Before September 1, 2003, Involving Claims for Asbestos- and Silica-Related Injuries D
13.2 Definitions
13.3 Procedure for Requesting Transfer
13.4 Effect on the Trial Court of the Filing of a Motion for Transfer
13.5 Transfer to a Pretrial Court D
13.6 Proceedings in Pretrial Court
13.7 Remand to Trial Court
13.8 Pretrial Court Orders Binding in the Trial Court After Remand
13.9 Review

Part V — Additional Court Procedures

14.1 Applicability
14.2 Procedure for Initiating the Creation of a Special Three-Judge District Court
14.3 Action on Petition; Composition of the Special Three-Judge District Court
14.4 Location of Special Three-Judge District Court; Governing Rules
14.5 Actions by Judge or Justice Serving on a Special Three-Judge District Court
14.6 Transfer and Consolidation of Related Cases
14.7 Appeals and Original Proceedings
15.1 Applicability
15.2 When Consolidation Required
15.3 Consolidation by Agreement; Notice to Courts of Appeals D
15.4 Consolidation When Appealing Parties Unable to Agree
15.5 All Appeals From Same Judgment or Order to be Consolidated Together
16.10 Review of Determinations by the Trial Court, Presiding Judge or JCAR
16.1 Authority and Applicability
16.11 Provisions for Additional Resources
16.2 Definitions
16.3 Duties of the Office of Court Administration
16.4 Considerations for Determining Whether a Case Requires Additional Resources
16.5 Additional Resources
16.6 Procedure for Requesting Additional Resources D
16.7 Review of Request for Additional Resources
16.8 Implementation of Additional Resources
16.9 Effect of Motion for Additional Resources
17 Use of Restraints in Juvenile Court

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Texas Rules of Judicial Administration

Part I · Administration and Organization

Rule 1. Authority

Amended September 1, 2025 (current)

These rules are promulgated pursuant to Section 74.024 of the Texas Government Code.

Source: Tex. R. Jud. Admin. 1 (pdf p. 1)

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