Texas Rules of Civil Procedure
More Texas rules
45 guides · 48 illustrations. Shared rule education from OurObjection.
TRCP 1 · Foundations
Objective of rules
Understand the goals of fair adjudication, prompt resolution and practicable economy.
Read the guide →
TRCP 2 · Foundations
Scope of rules
Read Rule 2 with its complete assigned text and an official source link.
Read the guide →
TRCP 3 · Foundations
Construction of rules
Read Rule 3 with its complete assigned text and an official source link.
Read the guide →
TRCP 3a · Foundations
Local rules, forms, and standing orders
Read Rule 3a with its complete assigned text and an official source link.
Read the guide →
TRCP 6 · Filing
Suits commenced on sunday
Read Rule 6 with its complete assigned text and an official source link.
Read the guide →
TRCP 7 · Representation
May appear by attorney
Read Rule 7 with its complete assigned text and an official source link.
Read the guide →
TRCP 8 · Representation
Attorney in charge
Read Rule 8 with its complete assigned text and an official source link.
Read the guide →
TRCP 9 · Representation
Number of counsel heard
Read Rule 9 with its complete assigned text and an official source link.
Read the guide →
TRCP 10 · Representation
Withdrawal of attorney
Read Rule 10 with its complete assigned text and an official source link.
Read the guide →
TRCP 11 · Filing
Agreements to be in writing
See the written agreement and open-court alternatives for enforceable agreements.
Read the guide →
TRCP 12 · Representation
Attorney to show authority
Follow the sworn challenge, notice, burden of proof and conditional consequences.
Read the guide →
TRCP 13 · Pleadings
Effect of signing pleadings, motions and other papers; sanctions
Understand signature certifications, the good-faith presumption and sanctions safeguards.
Read the guide →
TRCP 14 · Evidence
Affidavit by agent
See who may make an affidavit for a party in a civil suit or proceeding.
Read the guide →
TRCP 14b · Evidence
Return or other disposition of exhibits
Follow exhibit custody, the applicable case categories and the withdrawal period.
Read the guide →
TRCP 14c · Costs
Deposit in lieu of surety bond
Compare a surety bond with the permitted deposits and their conditions.
Read the guide →
TRCP 15 · Service
Writs and process
Read the required form of process and the default direction and return provisions.
Read the guide →
TRCP 16 · Service
Shall endorse all process
See the receipt, execution and service details that must be endorsed on process.
Read the guide →
TRCP 17 · Service
Officer to execute process
Understand the default rule against advance demands for execution fees and its express exceptions.
Read the guide →
TRCP 18 · Court administration
When judge dies during terms, resigns or is disabled
Follow the continuation of court and pending motions when a judge cannot continue.
Read the guide →
TRCP 18c · Hearings
Recording and broadcasting of court proceedings
Compare the three circumstances in which a trial court may permit courtroom recording.
Read the guide →
TRCP 19 · Court administration
Non-adjournment of term
See when a court term begins and how long it remains open.
Read the guide →
TRCP 20 · Court records
Minutes read and signed
Follow the reading, correction and signing of court minutes.
Read the guide →
TRCP 21b · Service
Sanctions for failure to serve or deliver copy of pleadings and motions
See how notice, a hearing and court discretion apply to a failure to serve or deliver documents.
Read the guide →
TRCP 21c · Filing
Privacy protection for filed documents
Identify sensitive data, filing exceptions, redaction, retention and restrictions on Internet publication.
Read the guide →
TRCP 21d · Hearings
Appearances at court proceedings
Understand methods of appearance, objections, good-cause factors and public access.
Read the guide →
TRCP 22 · Filing
Commenced by petition
See how filing a petition commences a civil suit in district or county court.
Read the guide →
TRCP 23 · Court records
Suits to be numbered consecutively
See how consecutive suit numbers identify every paper in a case.
Read the guide →
TRCP 24 · Filing
Duty of clerk
Identify the filing endorsements the clerk must place on a petition.
Read the guide →
TRCP 25 · Court records
Clerk's file docket
Read the required entries in the clerk’s file docket.
Read the guide →
TRCP 26 · Court records
Clerk's court docket
Identify the entries kept in the clerk’s permanent court docket.
Read the guide →
TRCP 27 · Court records
Order of cases
See how filing determines placement on the docket.
Read the guide →
TRCP 28 · Parties
Suits in assumed name
Follow use of an assumed name and the permitted substitution of a true name.
Read the guide →
TRCP 29 · Parties
Suit on claim against dissolved corporation
Read the no-receiver condition, service provisions and treatment of a dissolved corporation.
Read the guide →
TRCP 30 · Parties
Parties to suits
Distinguish joint suit with principal obligors from the statutory cases allowing suit alone.
Read the guide →
TRCP 31 · Parties
Surety not to be sued alone
Follow the alternative prerequisites for suing a surety and the separate legal exceptions.
Read the guide →
TRCP 32 · Parties
May have question of suretyship tried
See when suretyship may be determined without delaying the plaintiff’s suit.
Read the guide →
TRCP 33 · Parties
Suits by or against counties
Identify the corporate-name requirement for suits by or against the listed local governments.
Read the guide →
TRCP 34 · Parties
Against sheriff, etc.
Joining the principal and surety on an indemnifying bond when an officer is sued for an official act.
Read the guide →
TRCP 35 · Parties
On official bonds
Joining sureties on official bonds when the timing of a default and the liable set of sureties are difficult to determine.
Read the guide →
TRCP 36 · Parties
Different officials and bondsmen
Joining subordinate officers and their sureties with a superior officer and bondsmen under the rule’s stated conditions.
Read the guide →
TRCP 37 · Parties
Additional parties
Adding necessary or proper parties before trial without unreasonably delaying the trial.
Read the guide →
TRCP 38 · Parties
Third-party practice
Third-party claims, counterclaims, insurer-joinder restrictions and preservation of venue statutes.
Read the guide →
TRCP 39 · Parties
Joinder of persons needed for just adjudication
Required joinder when feasible, the court’s decision when joinder is not feasible, and pleading nonjoinder.
Read the guide →
TRCP 40 · Parties
Permissive joinder of parties
Permissive joinder of plaintiffs and defendants, common questions, and separate trials.
Read the guide →
TRCP 41 · Parties
Misjoinder or non-joinder of parties
Adding or dropping parties, consolidation and severance by court order.
Read the guide →No matching rules.
Try another rule number or topic, or explore the other collection.