Montgomery County, Texas (County Court at Law No. 6): Standing Order on Use of Generative…
Judge Scharlene W. Valdez, Presiding Judge · County Court at Law No. 6 of Montgomery County, Texas
Verified October 1, 2026
- Citation
- Standing Order on Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (County Court at Law No. 6, 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 criminal, state family
What the order requires
Judge Scharlene W. Valdez of County Court at Law No. 6 of Montgomery County signed a Standing Order on Use of Generative Artificial Intelligence (Montgomery Cnty. Ct. at Law No. 6 Apr. 1, 2026) on April 1, 2026, 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.” 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 and 284th District Courts, and for Probate Court No. 1, which later rescinded it.