142nd District Court

Types of Hearings

Civil and Criminal Bench Trials
Civil and Criminal Jury Trials
Civil and Criminal Motions
Civil default judgments
Civil pretrial matters
Civil summary judgments
Criminal First and Final Pre-trials are every Thursday via email announcements from defense counsel
Guilty Pleas are every Thursday at 2:30 p.m.

Civil and Criminal Jury Trials are scheduled by the Court with dockets sent to counsel in advance. Generally, the Court schedules 1 Civil Jury week and 2 to 3 Criminal Jury weeks each month.
Under certain circumstances, special settings are made.
Bench Trials (Non-Jury Trials) are scheduled by separate order.
Tax cases are held every third Tuesday of the month. For any information regarding tax cases please call the Midland County Central Appraisal District and speak to one of their representatives at 432-699-4991.

Felony arraignments happen every Friday at 8:30 a.m. Midland County District Judges alternate presiding over arraignments.

Attention - To check the status of an active warrant for a failure to appear, please contact your bondsman or your attorney.