How the Burleson County Court Calendar Works
No single Burleson County court calendar covers every case setting. Coordinators for the 21st and 335th Judicial District Courts control the district civil and criminal dates. The District Clerk keeps the case docket. Below that, four Justice Courts and the municipal courts in Caldwell, Somerville, and Snook each keep their own schedules of court dates.
The county does publish an official calendar. It offers Day, Week, Month, and Agenda views, plus print, iCal, and RSS controls. Look closer, though. Its categories run to Commissioners Court Meetings, Holidays, and Special Events, and nothing more. There is no field for a case number, judge, hearing type, or party. It is a government-events calendar. It is not a docket search and not proof of any court date.
Burleson Calendar Tools Are Different
The Burleson County calendar is handy for checking office closures and public meetings. Its feeds do not turn it into a district case calendar.
Those categories explain the limits. A litigant hunting a setting must go to the clerk, coordinator, precinct, or city court instead.
Burleson County Court Date Lookups
Write down the details first. Note the court level, the cause or citation number, and the setting type. Add the date, the time, the place, and the date you got the information. For district matters, call the District Clerk at 979-567-2336 about the docket. The District Courts office at 979-567-2361 handles the setting itself. The public counter sits at 205 E Fox, Suite 2001. re:SearchTX may show a hearing card. Confirm local coverage before you rely on it.
- Identify the district, county, JP precinct, or municipal court.
- Use the cause or citation number and read the newest event or notice.
- Confirm district dates with the coordinator and lower-court dates with that office.
- Verify the date, hour, setting type, court, and place before appearing.
Burleson District Coordinators Set Dates
Under the 2025 local rules, contested district settings go through the coordinator. A request must identify the cause number and style. It also needs the hearing or trial type, participant contacts, and the estimated time needed. The party asking for the date serves everyone else.
Once the coordinator approves a date, the requesting party sends a Notice of Setting. It carries the date, hour, nature, and allotted time. An agreed date still has to run through court process. The county page lists coordinators Raquel Pena and Janice Gonzales. An OCA listing showed different names, though. A quick call to the office settles who the current contact is.
Court Settings: What Each Field Means
A Burleson County court setting is an appointment. It is not a statement that the case has ended. Read every field against what happens later, because a setting may be followed by a reset, continuance, ruling, or disposition. The newest verified notice beats an old printout.
| Date | The assigned day, subject to a later court-approved reset. |
|---|---|
| Time | The appearance hour, either a group docket call or individual slot. |
| Place | The courthouse, room, civic center, or approved remote method. |
| Court | The 21st, 335th, county, precinct, or municipal court. |
| Setting type | Hearing, arraignment, pretrial, docket call, trial, ruling, or uncontested matter. |
Caldwell holds its municipal trials at Caldwell Civic Center, 103 TX 21 West. A payment portal is not proof of the next date.
Burleson Setting Terms in Plain Words
Local terms mark stages, not outcomes. Knowing them keeps a schedule line from being mistaken for a final ruling.
- Docket call
- A scheduled call of cases; Burleson criminal rules state it begins promptly at 9 a.m.
- Reset
- A court-approved move to a new setting, not a dismissal.
- Continuance
- A delay granted under the rules or by court order.
- Notice of Setting
- The notice stating the date, hour, nature, and allotted time.
- Disposition
- The recorded resolution of a matter.
Video or telephone appearance is discretionary and must be arranged ahead of time. When approved, the coordinator supplies the link.
When a Court Date Moves
Burleson district trials cannot be passed just because counsel agree. Local rules allow resets only through settlement, in open court, by written agreement with court approval, or on a proper continuance motion. Criminal reset requests use the Case Reset Form, state the next setting, and need approval. Once signed, a reset creates a new duty to appear.
On the civil side, a bad service address can support a continuance. Watch for a new docket entry or notice, then check with the coordinator. A date that vanishes from a screen is not the same as a cancellation. The later order, or direct confirmation from the court, is the sound source.
Burleson Uncontested Docket Requests
Local Rule 6.16 lets a party request an uncontested or ex parte hearing in person, by phone, or in writing to the coordinator. The matter lands on the next available uncontested docket as the court permits. That is a scheduling route only. It does not excuse filing, notice, or service.
What if an order shows up but no date does? Ask which uncontested docket holds the matter. Ask whether it will be presented in person, by phone, or in writing. Confirm the assigned court too, since family matters rotate between two district courts.
Burleson City Court Date Routes
Three incorporated cities sit inside Burleson County. The county's official community links list them as Caldwell, Somerville, and Snook.
No shared municipal calendar covers all three. Caldwell mails its trial notices. A written reschedule request should reach the court at least 24 hours ahead. Somerville's nCourt page does not prove a date appears, so call 979-596-3068. Snook posts no public court calendar; call 979-272-3021 or email court@cityofsnook.com.
Burleson Family Court Rotation
Family cases in Burleson and Lee Counties do not sit with a single judge. Under Local Rule 7.10, they rotate between the 21st and 335th District Courts. So a party who calls only one judge's office can easily miss the real assignment. Before anything else, read the court designation printed on the notice or docket. That tells you which coordinator actually controls the setting. Run the same check whenever a later order or reset shows up under the other district's name. The assignment can look confusing on paper.
The family disposition standards set different targets for contested and uncontested cases. But a target is not a hearing date. Only the live docket and the coordinator can tell you. They decide when a matter will be heard. When an uncontested case is ready, ask two things. Is it set for the next available uncontested docket, and how will it be presented? Never pull a date from the waiting period or from the court's general management goal. Those numbers describe workflow, not your setting.
Burleson Dismissal Calendar Notices
Civil cases in district court can outlast the local standards. Those cases can land on an annual dismissal docket. Notice goes out under Texas Rule of Civil Procedure 165a. The clerk's office may post a single list covering several cases at once. Here is the key point. Appearing on that list is a chance for court action. It is not proof the case is already dismissed.
The local rules offer a good-cause response path: a Motion to Retain. Read the notice and note the filing deadline. Check the latest docket events. Then ask the coordinator whether the case remains on the dismissal calendar. A later retention order, reset, or dismissal order is what changes the status. Trust the recorded order, not a list entry, to state what actually happened.
Missed Settings and What Comes Next
Contact the court named on the notice right away. Have the cause or citation number ready, plus the missed date and the type of setting. Ask what the docket shows now and whether a new date, order, warrant, bond action, or compliance step exists. If you have counsel, reach them promptly. A payment or message sent to the wrong clerk may not cure the absence. Aim your first call at the right court.
Missed a setting? Failure to appear after a signed criminal reset can lead to bond forfeiture.
Call the right clerk or court and ask for current status before acting.
Seek legal advice when the court reports a warrant, bond issue, or other enforcement step.
If the missed setting was a civil dismissal hearing, read the notice and any later order in the file. A Motion to Retain may serve as the good-cause response under local rules, but the live file controls what happens next.