NOTICE: This system is for authorized users only. Attorneys, paralegals, and members of the general public cannot be added to the system as authorized users.
For public access to published Citations and Notices, Protective Orders or Local Rules, Forms and Standing Orders, please visit https://topics.txcourts.gov
For further assistance contact us at OCA-Legalsupport@txcourts.gov.
Local Rules, Forms and Standing Orders
Local Rules, Forms, and Standing Orders system was developed pursuant to Rule of Civil Procedure 3a, Rule of Appellate Procedure 1.2, and Rule of Judicial Administration 10, requiring courts to post their local rules, forms, and standing orders on OCA’s website to be effective. All local rules, forms, and standing orders maintained on this system are uploaded by the court’s clerk or other authorized users and are viewable by the public. The local rules, forms, and standing orders must be uploaded in a text-searchable PDF format.
- Most head/lead clerks are already authorized to use the Local Rule, Forms, and Standing Orders system. If you are the head/lead clerk and do not have authorized user status, please contact OCA for access.
- If you are clerk staff or court staff and seek authorized user status, please contact and coordinate with your respective clerk’s office for access.
Our general and technical FAQs, as well as our website instructional guides, will be coming soon.
Protective Order Registry
If you are the elected district or county clerk and seek authorized user status, please visit https://www.txcourts.gov/judicial-data/protective-order-registry/authorized-user-information-instructions/instructions/ for information on how to get started.
- If you are clerk staff seeking authorized user status, please coordinate with your respective elected district or county clerk for access.
If you are the head/lead clerk of your municipal or justice court and seek authorized user status, please visit https://www.txcourts.gov/judicial-data/protective-order-registry/authorized-user-information-instructions/instructions/ for information on how to get started.
- If you are municipal or justice court clerk staff, please coordinate with the head/lead clerk of your court for access.
To review our general and technical FAQs, as well as our website instructional guides, please visit https://www.txcourts.gov/judicial-data/protective-order-registry/faq/.
Citations and Notices (previously Citation by Publication)
Citations and Notices holds searchable citations of substitute service and other related public or legal notices required for online publication on the public information Internet website by statute, rule, or court order. A clerk or other authorized user must post the citation or notice to the website, and filers and attorneys must coordinate with the clerk to have a citation or notice posted to the website.
- If you are clerk staff and seek authorized user status, please contact and coordinate with your respective district or county clerk’s office for access.
- If you are court staff and seek authorized user status, please contact and coordinate with your respective district or county clerk’s office, or contact OCA for access.
To review our general and technical FAQs, as well as our website instructional guides, please visit https://www.txcourts.gov/judicial-data/citation-by-publication/faq/.