Tarrant County Civil District Courts Document Format Requirements
24 rules from official source documents
17 of 24 checked against the court's document. Each rule says how far it was checked. A value with a question mark is not in the court's wording on its card.
Font, margin, spacing, and file format requirements for court filings. This page is scoped to Tarrant County Civil District Courts; use the court rules overview to switch categories without leaving this court.
Checked and corrected to match the court's document on Oct 1, 2026CRITICAL
Before trial begins, counsel must mark, exchange, and examine all exhibits so examination does not delay trial.
Prior to commencement of trial all exhibits will be marked, exchanged and examined by counsel so that the trial will not be delayed by such examination.
Checked against the court's document on Oct 1, 2026CRITICAL
Civil cases
Proposed jury charges or findings of fact and conclusions of law must be emailed to the Court Coordinator in Word format no later than the start of trial.
The proposed jury charge and/or findings of fact and conclusions of law, all in Word format, must be emailed to the Court Coordinator by no later than start of the trial.
Checked against the court's document on Oct 1, 2026CRITICAL
Proposed orders must be submitted in word format by email to the specified address.
Please submit your proposed orders in word format by email to 348DC@tarrantcountytx.gov
Checked against the court's document on Oct 1, 2026CRITICAL
A required hearing binder must be appropriately tabbed.
If your motion, response, reply, and/or related exhibits combined are in excess of 50 pages, the party requesting a hearing must deliver to the Court by 12 p.m. the day before the hearing a binder containing all documents related to the hearing (e.g., both parties’ motions, responses, replies, exhibits, and attachments) appropriately tabbed with a table of contents. Failure to do so may result in cancellation of the hearing.
Checked against the court's document on Oct 1, 2026WARNING
Civil cases
The jury charges must use 12-point font.
12-point font size
Checked against the court's document on Oct 1, 2026WARNING
Civil cases
- Margins
- top 1 in, bottom 1 in, left 1 in, right 1 in
The jury charges must use one-inch margins.
1-inch margins
Checked against the court's document on Oct 1, 2026WARNING
Civil cases
Condensed deposition transcripts must use yellow highlighting for plaintiff's designated testimony and orange highlighting for defendant's designated testimony.
Highlight in Yellow – Plaintiff’s designated testimony b. Highlight in Orange – Defendant’s designated testimony
Checked against the court's document on Oct 1, 2026WARNING
Civil cases
Exhibits must be redacted as needed, pre-marked, tabbed, indexed with a table of contents, and placed in a binder.
All exhibits shall be redacted (as needed), pre-marked, tabbed and indexed with a table of contents, and placed in a binder.
Checked against the court's document on Oct 1, 2026WARNING
Civil cases
An exhibit larger than 8½ by 11 inches must be accompanied by a letter-sized copy.
Large Exhibits exceeding 8 ½” X 11” must be accompanied by a letter-sized copy.
Checked against the court's document on Oct 1, 2026WARNING
Civil cases
Audio exhibit files must be in MP3 format and submitted on a USB drive.
Audio Files must be in “mp3” format and submitted on a USB drive.
Checked against the court's document on Oct 1, 2026WARNING
Civil cases
Video exhibit files must be in MP4 format and submitted on a USB drive.
Video Files must be in “mp4” format and submitted on a USB drive.
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- Format
- PAPER
Exhibits must be submitted in hard-copy form unless they are video or audio file exhibits.
All exhibits are to be in hard-copy form except for video/audio file exhibits.
Checked against the court's document on Oct 1, 2026WARNING
Exhibits should be numerically marked, tabbed, and placed in binders.
Please have exhibits numerically marked, tabbed, and in binders.
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Audio and video exhibits may be submitted in MP3 or MP4 format, with a maximum file size of 10GB.
“…audio and video files may be submitted in MP3 or MP4 format with a file size limit of 10GB.”
Checked against the court's document on Oct 1, 2026WARNING
Audio and video exhibits must be brought on a flash drive and given to the court reporter at the time of the trial or hearing.
Please bring correctly sized and formatted audio/video exhibits on a flash drive to be given to the court reporter at the time of your trial or hearing.
Checked against the court's document on Oct 1, 2026WARNING
Civil cases
Exhibits larger than 8½ by 11 inches must be accompanied by an 8½-by-11-inch copy; after trial, the reporter retains the copy and returns the original to the offering party.
Exhibits exceeding 8 ½” x 11” in size will be accompanied by an 8 ½” x 11” copy. After completion of trial, the court reporter will retain only the 8 ½” x 11” copy and the original exhibit will be returned to the offering party.
Checked against the court's document on Oct 1, 2026WARNING
Civil cases
- Format
- DOCX
The proposed charge must be submitted electronically in Microsoft Word format to the court reporter by e-mail or flash drive.
Each side shall submit their proposed charge in electronic format (Microsoft Word) to the court reporter via e-mail or flash drive.
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- Format
The documents must be in .pdf format.
Summary: Exhibits must be submitted in PDF format.
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- Format
The documents must be in .pdf format.
Summary: Exhibits submitted for a hearing must be in PDF format.
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Civil cases
Page numbers
Summary: The jury charges must include page numbers.
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Civil cases
Book Antiqua Font
Summary: The jury charges must use Book Antiqua font.
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Civil cases
Book Antiqua 10-point font
Summary: The page numbers must use Book Antiqua 10-point font.
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Civil cases
Placed in footer, left justified
Summary: The page numbers must be placed in the footer and left justified.
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- Format
- PAPER ?
All other exhibits you wish to offer are to be submitted at the time of hearing or trial in hard-copy form.
Summary: All exhibits other than video/audio file exhibits must be submitted in hard-copy form at the time of the hearing or trial.
What formatting rules apply to filings in Tarrant County Civil District Courts?
Judge Megan Fahey's formatting rule includes submitted in word format.. Proposed orders must be submitted in word format by email to the specified address.
Judge Don Cosby's formatting rule includes word format. Proposed jury charges or findings of fact and conclusions of law must be emailed to the Court Coordinator in Word format no later than the start of trial.
Judge Kimberly Fitzpatrick's formatting rule includes 12 point type. The jury charges must use 12-point font.
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