Yes, if the individual has been before the Magistrate Judge and the judge has set a bond amount. At this point, the individual can be bonded out from a bonding company, cash bond, and if he/she qualifies can bond out through Pretrial Court Services (409-766-2404).

Yes. The judge has to signed an order granting your application.

No, it is not required but you can hire an attorney to represent you prior to your first court setting if you choose to do so. Your first court setting is for the purpose of determining how you would like to manage your case.

You will be presented with three options-

1. You can request a 30 day reset to hire an attorney before if you wish to choose your own legal counsel.

2. If you would rather represent yourself you have the option of signing a waiver and speaking to the Assistant District Attorney about your case.

3. If you want legal counsel but you cannot afford to hire an attorney, you can fill out a paupers oath and the judge will review and either grant or deny your request based off your eligibility.

You can, it's really up to you.

We look in the service tab of Odyssey, tell them yes or no, with the date if it was served.

Contact DPS to see if eligible, get a SR-22 from your insurance, filing fee is $257, you can pick up the application in our office or League City

If you have a Court Appointed Attorney and wish to request a replacement this can be done at your next scheduled court date. When the judge calls your name on the docket you can make the request. It is solely up to the judge whether or not the attorney will be withdrawn and replaced.

If your attorney was retained by you and you wish to hire a different attorney to represent you, the new attorney will file a motion to withdraw your previously hired counsel.

It can be informal, hand written, or we have forms in our office, it can be a short version of how you are involved in the case.

There are several options for acquiring case documents based on the need for plain copies or certified copies.

Plain copies may be purchased from the Galveston County Clerk's Office for 1.00 per page either in person or by telephone and they will be mailed to you.

Addresses and contact information for the main office and the League City Branch: http://www.galvestoncountytx.gov/cc/Pages/ContactsAndLocations.aspx

Plain Copies can be printed from your home/library, or any place you may have access to a computer and a printer by going to http://publicaccess.co.galveston.tx.us-

Go to Criminal Case Records >> Enter in your First and Last name >> Click on the Case Number in Blue on the Left >> in the Events & Orders of the Court the documents that you can access are in blue, click on the one you need >> once again you will have to click on the blue text at the top where it has the selected event and your document will show up as a pop up you will have to select whether to open the document or to save it to your pc or device.

Certified Copies

Certified copies may be purchased from the Galveston County Clerk's Office for a 5.00 charge for certification plus 1.00 per page for each document either in person or by telephone and they will be mailed to you.

Addresses and Contact information for the main Office and The League City Branch: http://www.galvestoncountytx.gov/cc/Pages/ContactsAndLocations.aspx

File a Motion and Order to withdraw funds, we will send the order to the judge for them to sign

If under $20,000 you'll file in the Justice of the Peace court, if over you file here, filing fee is $257.00/ $4.00 per citation, you will let us know how you want the citation served, we do not have the filing papers in our office, you'll need an original petition stating the parties and facts of the case, you can go online to Texas Code of Civil procedures or texas law help.org.
When you have the papers ready to file bring them into our office with the filing fee. You are looking at a hearing date of 120 days out.

Court Coordinators manage Misdemeanor Court Dockets. Contact the Court Coordinator aligned with the Court that was assigned to your case. Follow any instructions left by Court Coordinator in voicemail message and send an e-mail if you have access to document your issue.

County Court #1 Oneta (Dede) Anderson ' 409-766-2233 Oneta.Anderson@galvestoncountytx.gov

County Court #2 Wendy Broughton 409-766-2405 Wendy.Broughton@co.galveston.tx.us

County Court #3 Celeste Huffstetler 409-621-7920 Celeste.Huffstetler@co.galveston.tx.us

Your license is good for 45 days to drive on, did you paid the $11.00 to get the hard copy of your license back? You can contact DPS, come in and file an amended application, which you don't pay for, you'll have to go before the judge again to get a new order.

Court Coordinators manage Misdemeanor Court Dockets. Contact the Court Coordinator aligned with the Court that was assigned to your case. Follow any instructions left by Court Coordinator in voicemail message and send an e-mail if you have access to document your issue.

County Court #1 Oneta (Dede) Anderson  409-766-2233 Oneta.Anderson@galvestoncountytx.gov

County Court #2 Wendy Broughton 409-766-2405 Wendy.Broughton@co.galveston.tx.us

County Court #3 Celeste Huffstetler 409-621-7920 Celeste.Huffstetler@co.galveston.tx.us

If you are bonded out of jail at this time, you will receive a court notice in the mail after the courts have received your bond and scheduled a court date. If the bond posted is from an out of county warrant it may take some time for the courts to receive the out of county bond.

You can view your case information to see if a court date has been scheduled online at http://publicaccess.co.galveston.tx.us-

Go to Criminal Case Records > > Enter in your First and Last name > > Click on the Case Number in Blue on the Left >> View the Events and Orders of the Court, the Court settings will be in Black Text with the upcoming date on the left, the type of setting, then the time court starts. If nothing appears a case has not been created yet.

We are a Statutory Probate Court. It it highly recommend that you consult with an attorney.

Once you have filled your original/copy of will with the Clerk's Office they will provide you with a return date, your hearing can be held any time after this date.

Once you have filled your Original/Copy of Will with the Clerk's Office they will provide you with a Return Date, your Hearing can be held any time after this date.

Proof of high risk insurance on yourself.

You can view your court date online at http://publicaccess.co.galveston.tx.us.    Go to Criminal Case Records > > Enter in your first and last name > > click on the case number in blue on the left >> view the events and orders of the court, the court settings will be in black text with the upcoming date on the left, the type of setting, then the time court starts. If nothing appears a case has not been created yet.

Probate is the legal process of administering a person's estate after their death.

An informal hearing with you the plaintiff and court coordinator to see what the status of the case is.  Do they need to set a hearing date?

Contact Court Administration (409-766-6044) Or District Attorney's Office (409-766-2355)

The District Attorney's office and Adult Probation office accept any In-Person or online class from agencies that provide you with a certificate-of-completion at the end of the course. Once completed, print the certificate and deliver it in person or email it to the contact person provided by the original requestor.

Google search can be used to find agencies in Galveston County offering commonly required classes such as drug, alcohol, and anger management. Contact The District Attorney's Office or Adult Probation (whoever ordered the class) with questions: District Attorney's office (409-766-2355) and Adult Probation office (409-766-2425).

You can view your attorney information online at http://publicaccess.co.galveston.tx.us-

Go to Criminal Case Records >> enter in your first and last name >> click on the case number in blue on the left >> In the party Information box on the right would be a lead attorneys area with the attorneys name and contact information.

To see if you are eligible.  They have the final say.  If you don't, filing is non-refunded.