Texas (284th Judicial District: Montgomery County): Standing Order on Use of Generative A…
Judge Kristin Bays, Presiding Judge · 284th District Court of Texas (Montgomery County)
Verified October 1, 2026
- Citation
- Standing Order on Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (284th District Court, Montgomery County, Texas)
- Order date
- April 1, 2026
Summary
Any attorney or self-represented litigant 'that chooses to use Generative AI in their work product, research, or drafting must include the following verification in bold in their pleadings', a 'Verification Regarding Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence' sworn under penalties of perjury that lists the generative AI programs used and represents that the pleading 'contains no misstatements of law, misrepresentations of legal holdings, nor improper citations.'
What does the order require?
- Any attorney or self-represented litigant 'that chooses to use Generative AI in their work product, research, or drafting must include the following verification in bold in their pleadings', a 'Verification Regarding Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence' sworn under penalties of perjury that lists the generative AI programs used and represents that the pleading 'contains no misstatements of law, misrepresentations of legal holdings, nor improper citations.'
- A pleading prepared with generative AI that 'fails to contain the above verbatim verification in bold' will 'not be considered by the Court.'
- Attorneys and self-represented litigants 'are prohibited from entering any sensitive, confidential information of any person involved in the case into a Generative AI program.'
- They are also prohibited from using generative AI to create, edit, enhance, or alter evidence for a contested hearing or trial, and from relying on AI-dependent interpreters or experts, as in the 457th District Court's order.
Practice areas: state civil, state family
What the order requires
Judge Kristin Bays of the 284th District Court (Montgomery County) signed a Standing Order on Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (284th Dist. Ct. Apr. 1, 2026) on April 1, 2026, the same day and in the same words as the 457th District Court’s order.
The court “ORDERS any attorney or self-represented litigant that chooses to use Generative AI in their work product, research, or drafting must include the following verification in bold in their pleadings.” The verification is sworn “under penalties of perjury,” names the generative AI programs used, and represents that the filer has “reviewed the entire pleading” and that it “contains no misstatements of law, misrepresentations of legal holdings, nor improper citations.” It also verifies that the pleading “contains no sensitive, confidential information from any person involved,” and that no attached evidence “was created, edited, enhanced, or altered using Generative AI.” A pleading that omits the verification “will not be considered by the Court.”
The order also prohibits entering “any sensitive, confidential information of any person involved in the case into a Generative AI program,” using generative AI to create or alter evidence, and relying on interpreters or experts whose work depends on AI. Violations may lead to sanctions after a show-cause hearing.
Posting
Under Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 3a(c), “To be effective, local rules, forms, and standing orders must be published on the Office of Court Administration’s website.” The OCA local-rules portal lists the order as posted April 1, 2026.
Related orders
The same order was signed for the 457th District Court and County Court at Law No. 6, and for Probate Court No. 1, which later rescinded it.