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Texas Government Code - Chapter 27 Justice CourtsLegal Research Home > Texas Laws > Government Code > Texas Government Code - Chapter 27 Justice Courts Each justice of the peace must give a bond payable to the county judge, in an amount of not more than $5,000, and conditioned that ... Each justice of the peace shall be commissioned as justice of the peace of the applicable precinct and ex officio notary public of the county. ... A person who has served as justice of the peace of a precinct for 10 or more consecutive years preceding a change in boundaries of ... (a) Each justice shall arrange and safely keep all dockets, books, and papers transmitted to the justice by the justice's predecessors in office, and all ... (a) For purposes of removal under Chapter 87, Local Government Code, "incompetency" in the case of a justice of the peace includes the failure of ... (a) A justice commits an offense if the justice: (1) accepts for collection or undertakes the collection of a claim for a debt for another, ... (a) In addition to the jurisdiction and powers provided by the constitution and other law, the justice court has original jurisdiction of: (1) civil matters ... A justice of the peace may issue writs of attachment, garnishment, and sequestration within the justice's jurisdiction in the same manner as judges and clerks ... A justice of the peace may: (1) exercise jurisdiction over other matters cognizable before a justice of the peace under any law of this state; ... (a) A justice court has jurisdiction of suits relating to enforcement of a deed restriction of a residential subdivision that does not concern a structural ... (a) Each justice shall hold a term of court for civil business once each month and may transact such business out of termtime as is ... If the office of justice of the peace is vacant in a precinct or if the justice is absent or unable or unwilling to perform ... (a) A justice of the peace may hold court for any other justice in any county at the request of that justice. (b) The justices ... (a) If a justice of the peace is disqualified from a civil case, is sick, or is absent from the precinct, the parties may agree ... (a) Each justice of the peace may designate one or more persons to serve as clerk of the justice court. (b) The clerk may administer ... A clerk of a justice court may issue citation in the manner provided for justices of the peace by the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure. ... Information in the civil docket of a justice of the peace may be processed and stored by the use of electronic data processing equipment, at ... (a) The commissioners court shall furnish to each justice of the peace a seal that has a star with five points in the center. The ... Last modified: August 11, 2007 |
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