Texas Judicial

Branch

Rules & Forms

Rules & Standards 

The rules listed below are the most current version approved by the Supreme Court of Texas. For any questions about the rules, please call (512) 463-4097.

Rule 
Last Amended
Texas Rules of Civil Procedure
January 1, 2021
 
Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure
January 1, 2021 
Texas Rules of Evidence
June 1, 2020
 
Statewide Rules Governing Electronic Filing in Criminal Cases
May 1, 2017
 
Texas Rules of Judicial Administration
September 1, 2019
Texas Code of Judicial Conduct
July 10, 2019
 
Rules of Judicial Education
June 11, 2020
 
Judicial Branch Certification Commission Rules
June 16, 2020
 
Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct
February 26, 2019
 
Texas Rules of Disciplinary Procedure 
June 1, 2018
 
Judicial Bypass Rules under Ch. 33 of the Family Code
January 1, 2016
 

Texas Court Rules: History and Process - Excerpted from Nathan L. Hecht & E. Lee Parsley, Procedural Reform: Whence and Whither (Sept. 1997), updated by Robert H. Pemberton (Nov. 1998)

How Texas Court Rules Are Made - By Nathan L. Hecht, Martha G. Newton, and Kennon L. Wooten (May 2016)

Local Rules

Counties

To view a county's local rules, select the county from our county profiles map and look for the local rules link. 

Administrative Judicial Regions
Last Amended
First Administrative Judicial Region
February 14, 2017
Second Administrative Judicial Region
October 30, 2007
Third Administrative Judicial Region
September 26, 2000
Sixth Administrative Judicial Region
September 24, 1997
Seventh Administrative Judicial Region
September 26, 1996
Ninth Administrative Judicial Region
January 28, 2008
Eleventh Administrative Judicial Region
October 16, 2018

Standards

Standards 
Last Amended
Proposed Changes
Standards for Appellate Conduct
February 1, 1999
Ethical Guidelines for Mediators
June 1, 2011
Uniform Format Manual for Texas Reporters' Records
June 28, 2010
JCIT Technology Standards
October 2019
Proposed Changes