Guides: Historical Texas Court Rules and Intent: State Rules

State Rules

Sources to locate versions of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure, Texas Rules of Appellate Procedure, and Texas Rules of Evidence

Historical Texas Court Rules:

Texas Rules of Evidence Handbook (2007-current)
Annual volume published by Jones McClure.
Current edition available in the South Reading Room. Request previous editions at the front desk.
KFT 8935 A1 H4
Texas Rules of Court-State (1986-current)
Unannotated annual edition, published by West.
Current edition available in the South Reading Room. Request previous editions at the front desk.
KFT 8816 A20 T4
Texas Rules of Court-State and Federal (1982-1984)
Unannotated annual edition, published by West.
Request at the front desk.
KFT 8816 A18 T4
West's Unannotated Texas Rules of Civil Procedure (1957-1981)
Pamphlet edition, produced irregularly.
Request at front desk.
KFT 8816 T4
Vernon's Texas Rules Annotated (1955-current)
Annotated, annually updated edition.
Available online through Westlaw, 1989-current.
Current edition available in the South Reading Room. Request previous editions at the front desk.
Texas Rules Project (1941-current)
Historical versions of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. Compiled by the South Texas College of Law Library.
Older Print Compilations Containing Texas Court Rules
- (1894-1902) Proceedings of the annual session of the Texas Bar Association TEX L. REV. V. 13-21 (1893-1896 available in HeinOnline.)
- (1896) The rules of practice in the civil courts of record of the state of Texas, KFT 8840 S3
- (1901) The rules of procedure in the trial courts and in the courts of civil appeals and the Supreme court of the state of Texas, KFT 8816 B7
- (1925) A brief: Texas forms and rules, annotated, KFT 8836 S6
- (1932) Annotated rules of the courts of Texas, KFT 8820 S5
- (1942) Vernon's Texas rules of civil procedure and a statutory appendix, KFT 8816 T41 1942
- (1948) Rules of practice and procedure in civil actions, KFT 8816 T4
- (1948) Gammel's annotated rules of civil procedure in Texas, KFT 8816 T43

Current Texas Court Rules:

Current Texas Rules & Standards
Current statewide court rules are available from the Supreme Court's website.
Texas Annotated Court Rules : State Courts
This e-book provides an annotated version of the current Texas Court Rules.

Legal Research Guides from the Texas State Law Library

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