Texas (Bexar County, Civil District Courts only): Bexar County Civil District Courts Loca…
Adopted by the Civil District Judges of Bexar County, Texas · Civil District Courts of Bexar County, Texas
Verified May 7, 2026
- Citation
- Bexar County Civil District Courts Local Rule 3(H)(1): A.I. Certification
- Order date
- January 9, 2024
Summary
All pleadings shall include a certificate on the form approved by the Civil District Court Judges and available on the Presiding Court website, signed by the attorney.
What does the order require?
- All pleadings shall include a certificate on the form approved by the Civil District Court Judges and available on the Presiding Court website, signed by the attorney.
- The certificate attests that all drafted language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments, and legal analyses produced by generative A.I. will, before submission, be verified by an attorney licensed in Texas as accurate through traditional (non-A.I.) legal sources.
- The certificate attests that the attorney of record understands and acknowledges they are responsible for their and their co-counsel's failure to comply.
Practice areas: state civil
What the rule requires
Local Rule 3(H)(1) of the Bexar County Civil District Courts (Updated Effective Date: January 9, 2024) requires every pleading to include an A.I. certification on the form approved by the Civil District Court Judges. The operative text reads in relevant part:
A.I. Certification. All pleadings shall include a certificate on the form approved by the Civil District Court Judges and available on the Presiding Court website, signed by the attorney, attesting that:
a. all drafted language, quotations, sources, citations, arguments, and legal analyses produced by generative A.I. will, before submission, be verified by an attorney licensed in Texas as accurate through traditional (non-A.I.) legal sources, and
b. that the attorney of record understands and acknowledges that they are responsible for their and their co-counsel’s failure to comply with this order.
The certification language is consistent with the template used by other Texas state-district orders (Burleson 21st/335th, Wichita 30th/78th/89th, Brewster 394th, 109th Pool, 90th Gregory): verification by a Texas-licensed attorney through traditional legal sources, with attorney accountability as the enforcement mechanism. The Bexar rule is structurally distinct in that it is a local rule of the Civil District Courts (binding all civil district judges in the county) rather than an individual judge’s standing order.
Scope
The rule applies to civil pleadings in the Bexar County Civil District Courts. Bexar County is the most populous Texas county with a Local Rule on attorney AI use (San Antonio, ~2 million population), and the rule binds all civil district judges in the county.
Practitioner workflow
The certification is required on every pleading, not as a one-time per-case filing. Brief templates for Bexar County civil district matters should include the approved certification form (available on the Presiding Court website) and bake the form into firm CTL/practice management for any matter filed in the county.
The rule’s reference to “an attorney licensed in Texas” is a Texas-bar verification requirement: out-of-state attorneys appearing pro hac vice should ensure that a Texas-licensed attorney signs the certification, not just the brief.
Primary source
Local Rules PDF: https://www.bexar.org/DocumentCenter/View/40194/Bexar-County-Civil-District-Courts-Standing-Order-on-AI