Bell County disputes, up I-35 from Round Rock.

Bell County civil cases are heard in Belton, the county seat, and appeals go to the Third Court of Appeals in Austin, the same court that hears Williamson and Travis County appeals. For federal and bankruptcy cases Bell County is in the Waco Division of the Western District of Texas.

For a restaurant client in a Bell County lease dispute, the landlord took nothing and our client kept possession. See real estate disputes and the Third Court of Appeals.

Texas state courts. No statewide rule on AI is in force. In June 2026 the Supreme Court of Texas preliminarily approved a new Rule 13 under which signing a filing certifies that the signer verified it, including that its citations, quotations and holdings are not fabricated; no final order had issued. The Business Court’s Local Rule 10(c) permits AI but makes the filer independently responsible for every filing. The courts of appeals have no AI rules but sanction fabricated authority under their inherent power, as the Dallas court did in 2025, and Ethics Opinion 705 advises verifying every output, protecting confidences and supervising its use.

Checked against each court’s own rules and orders on 5 November 2026 for John Henry’s talk “AI in Modern Litigation” at the Eastern District of Texas Bankruptcy Bench Bar Conference. Rules change; the full reference, with every order cited, is on the AI in litigation page.