Local Rule Local Rule 5005-1: Filing of Papers and Signatures.

Local Rule 5005-1. Filing of Papers and Signatures.

(a) Except as set forth in this rule, the Administrative Procedures for the Filing, Signing, and Verifying of Documents by Electronic Means in Texas Bankruptcy Courts (as amended January 12, 2017) are adopted. The current version is available on the Court's website.

(b) Signatures of debtors, attorneys, affiants and declarants may be either (i) received and maintained in "wet signature form"; or (ii) electronically signed utilizing a commercially available electronic signing technology (such as DocuSign) that (a) maintains an audit trail that allows the filing attorney to obtain the identification of the signer's computer or other electronic device from the commercial provider; and (b) complies with the requirements of the United States ESIGN Act.

(c) The notice of electronic filing that is automatically generated by the Court's electronic filing system constitutes service of the document on those registered as filing users of the system.

(d) Depositions, interrogatories, answers to interrogatories, requests for production or inspection, responses to those requests, and other discovery material may not be filed. When a discovery document is needed in a pretrial proceeding, those portions that are needed may be attached as an exhibit to the relevant pleading. When this material is needed at trial, it may be introduced under the Federal Rules of Evidence.