Bexar County Centralized Docket System
PRESIDING COURT
8:30 am, 9:00 am, & 2:00 pm . Docket Setting Procedure Guide
The following Guide is a quick outline of types of motions set on Bexar County's Presiding Court Centralized Docket System and is not intended to replace the Local Rules.
- Pre-trial hearings will be scheduled and heard at 8:30 a.m. or 9:00 a.m. (see below)
- Attorneys should bring to each 8:30 a.m. hearing a written order that sets forth relief anticipated.
- Uncontested matters are set at 8:15 a.m. and 1:15 p.m.
- Three (3) days notice is required - weekends, legal & local holidays observed not included.
- All Non-evidentiary hearings are set at 8:30 a.m. or shall have noted an attempt to confer.
The following is a list of types of motions that are set in Presiding Court at 8:30 AM:
Motion to/for:
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- Non-jury Trials on the Merits and requests for Temporary Injunctions and Temporary Orders will be scheduled and heard at 9:00 a.m.
- Three (3) days notice is required - weekends, legal & local holidays observed not included.
- All Evidentiary hearings are set at 9:00 a.m.
The following is a list of types of motions that are set in Presiding Court at 9:00 AM:
Motion to/for:
- Temporary Order
- Writ of Sequestration
- Modification( 45 days notice)
- To Transfer (45 days notice)
- Writ of Habeas Corpus (no time limit)
- Writ of Attachment (no time limit)
- Contempt, Enforcement(at least 10 days notice or more)
- Trial on the Merits (not less than 45 days notice -- except when agreed)
- Bill of Review(at least 21 days notice)
- Temporary Restraining Order (not less than 3 days notice/not more than 14 days notice[including weekends])
- Foreclousre Sale
- Motion for New Trial
- Application for Expedited Foreclosure
- Application for Approval of Transfer of Structured Settlement Payment Right
- Motion for Extended Summer Visitation
- Temporary Injunction
- Transferring Adoption
The following is a list of types of motions that are set in Presiding Court at 2:00 PM:
Motion to/for:
- Rule for Costs
- Tax (Every other Wednesday [call clerk for exact date])
- Expunction (Thursdays)