Dallas County Civil District Courts Electronic Filing Rules

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Civil cases

Applies to

Order

All orders must be e-filed along with the motion and/or response.

All orders must be e-filed along with the motion and/or response.

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Civil cases

Email the application and a copy of your resume to the Court Coordinator at fly@dallascourts.org.

Email this application and a copy of your resume, to the Court Coordinator at: fly@dallascourts.org.

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Court notice

Attorneys will not be able to modify their official eService address in eFileTX after the new process begins.

When this new process begins you will not be able to modify your official eService address in eFileTX.

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Court notice

Attorney names and email addresses will be imported into eFileTX nightly to serve as the official eService address, replacing the current list.

A file including all active Texas Attorney's names and their registered SBOT email address will be imported into eFileTX, nightly, to be used as the official eService address. The names and email addresses in the current list will no longer exist.

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Civil cases

Applies to

Pleadings

You may communicate with the Administrator via e-mail, but pleadings are not to be filed with the Administrator.

Summary: Pleadings may not be filed with the Administrator; the Administrator is not a e-filing channel.

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Report

All reports must be entered into the reporting database at http://card.txcourts.gov/ beginning with the report for September 2016 (due by October 15, 2016).

Summary: All reports must be entered into the reporting database at card.txcourts.gov, beginning with the September 2016 report.

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THE 14TH DISTRICT COURT CAN NO LONGER ACCEPT FAXES.

Summary: The 14th District Court no longer accepts fax filings.

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Civil cases

The Court only accepts filings via the E-Filing system.

Summary: All filings must be submitted through the E-Filing system.

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Civil cases

Applies to

Motion

The Court will not accept motions and/or orders that have been faxed or emailed to the coordinator without prior approval of the Judge.

Summary: The Court will not accept motions or orders faxed or emailed to the coordinator without the Judge's prior approval.

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Civil cases

If all parties agree, minor prove-ups shall be done by submission. This will require the following efiled documents: 1) an affidavit by the next friend; 2) a written GAL report (filed at least three working days prior to the hearing); 3) the broker’s affidavit if an annuity is being purchased; 4) a proposed order approving GAL fees signed off on by defense counsel; and 5) a proposed final judgment.

Summary: Minor prove-ups are done by submission and require e-filing of specified documents.

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Civil cases

Plaintiff’s attorney shall e-file his client’s affidavit, 18.001 affidavits with records attached, attorney’s fees affidavit, etc. so that they are in the clerk’s record and the court can consider by submission.

Summary: Plaintiff's attorney must e-file client's affidavit, 18.001 affidavits, and attorney's fees affidavit for default prove-ups.

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Civil cases

Generally, no. All filings must be e-filed. If a party is pro-se, the filing may be mailed or filed in person with the District Clerk.

Summary: All filings must be e-filed; pro se parties may mail or file in person with the District Clerk.

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Civil cases

Applies to

Notice of hearing

E-file notice of hearing.

Summary: The notice of hearing must be filed electronically.

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Applies to

Notice of hearing

E-file notice of hearing.

Summary: Notice of hearing must be e-filed.

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With the exception of materials submitted for in camera review by the Court, the parties should not hand deliver any materials to the court that were not previously e-filed.

Summary: Materials must be e-filed before hand delivery to the Court, except for in camera review materials.

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Applies to

Report

Reports may be entered in one of two ways: Manually entering the reports into the database Uploading an XML file, if your vendor/IT staff creates that capability for you

Summary: Reports may be submitted either by manual entry into the database or by uploading an XML file.

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Applies to

Notice of hearing

E-file notice of hearing.

Summary: The notice of hearing must be filed electronically.

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Civil cases

Applies to

Attorney fees claim ?

This claim may be mailed, dropped off or emailed with signature at our office location noted below.

Summary: Attorney fee claims may be submitted by mail, by counter drop-off, or by email with signature.