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Texas Government Code - Section 21.005. Disqualification

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§ 21.005. DISQUALIFICATION. A judge or a justice of the peace may not sit in a case if either of the parties is related to him by affinity or consanguinity within the third degree, as determined under Chapter 573. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, § 2.01(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 561, § 21, eff. Aug. 26, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, § 5.95(28), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

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