WM (Randy) Randell Johnson

Collin County Courts at Law publish no separate local rules and direct litigants to follow the local rules used by the District Clerk's Office.

County Court at Law does not have any specific local rule. We follow the local rules of the District Clerk's Office.

A filing prepared with artificial intelligence must disclose that AI was used and certify that every citation to law or the record was verified and is accurate.

the party MUST, in a clear and concise factual statement, disclose that AI was used in the preparation of the filing and CERTIFY that each and every citation to the law, or the record in the filed document, has been verified and is accurate

In civil district and county court proceedings, the court may permit or require electronic participation after appropriate notice; compelled electronic participation for oral-testimony proceedings requires good cause or party agreement, and a jury trial requires party agreement.

Upon appropriate notice by a party or the court, a court may allow or require a participant to appear at a court proceeding by videoconference, teleconference, or other available electronic means, except as otherwise provided in (2).

Civil district and county trial courts may permit courtroom recording or broadcasting only under Supreme Court guidelines, with the required party and witness consent, or for ceremonial proceedings.

A trial court may permit broadcasting, televising, recording, or photographing of proceedings in the courtroom only in the following circumstances: