159TH & 217TH DIST.Court order
Texas district courts impose standing order requiring verification for generative AI filings
The 159th and 217th District Courts of Angelina County, Texas, issued a standing order on September 3, 2026 governing generative AI in filings. The courts said lawyers and self-represented litigants must include a bold verbatim verification, may not file misstatements, fictitious citations or confidential information, and face sanctions including death-penalty sanctions after a show-cause hearing. The order was posted on September 4.
Key points
- Order requires bold verbatim verification paragraph on every AI-assisted pleading.Angelina County
- Prohibits filing misstatements, misrepresented holdings or cites to non-existent case law.Angelina County
- Prohibits entering confidential information of any person into a generative AI program.Angelina County
- Cites Chapter 10 CPRC, TRCP Rule 13, Penal Code sections 37.02 and 37.09 as sanction bases.Angelina County
- Violations trigger show-cause hearing; sanctions include death-penalty, invoice review and bar referral.Angelina County
- Signed September 3 by Presiding Judge Todd L. Kassaw for both district courts.Angelina County
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