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Texas Government Code - Chapter 53 BailiffsLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Government Code > Texas Government Code - Chapter 53 Bailiffs Sponsored Links(a) The judges of the 22nd, 30th, 70th, 71st, 78th, 89th, 161st, and 341st district courts, the judges of the district courts having jurisdiction in ... (a) The judges of the 34th, 86th, 142nd, 238th, 318th, 355th, and 385th district courts may each appoint a bailiff. (b) The judge of the ... (a) An order signed by the appointing judge entered in the minutes of the court is evidence of the appointment of a bailiff or grand ... (a) A bailiff in the 22nd, 34th, 70th, 71st, or 161st district court must be a resident of the county in which he serves the ... A bailiff or grand jury bailiff appointed under this subchapter holds office at the will of the judge of the court that the bailiff or ... (a) A bailiff or grand jury bailiff appointed under Section 53.001 or 53.002(a), (c), (d), (e), or (f) is an officer of the court. (b) ... (a) This section applies to: (1) the 22nd, 34th, 70th, 71st, 86th, 97th, 142nd, 161st, 238th, 318th, 341st, 355th, and 385th district courts; (2) the ... Unless the appointing judge provides otherwise in the order of appointment, a bailiff appointed under Section 53.001(b) or (g) or 53.002(c), (e), or (f) is ... The bailiffs of the 22nd, 34th, 70th, 86th, 97th, 142nd, 161st, 238th, 318th, 341st, 355th, and 385th district courts, the bailiffs of the courts described ... (a) Each bailiff appointed by a judge of the 30th, 78th, 89th, or 355th district court, by a district judge in Potter, Randall, or Taylor ... (a) Each bailiff appointed under Section 53.002(c) shall be paid an annual salary out of the general fund of El Paso County. The appointing judge ... (a) The judges of the 24th, 135th, and 267th district courts may each appoint, with the approval of the commissioners court, an officer of the ... (a) The Bexar County sheriff shall appoint one deputy to serve as bailiff for each of the district courts in Bexar County not designated as ... Before assuming the duties of office, each bailiff must take the oath prescribed for officers of this state. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, § ... The sheriff may require a bailiff to give a bond. The sheriff may prescribe the conditions and amount of the bond, or those terms may ... A bailiff appointed under this subchapter has the same powers that sheriffs and deputy sheriffs have in this state. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, ... (a) A bailiff acts in the name of his principal and may perform all official acts that the county sheriff may perform. (b) A bailiff ... (a) A bailiff serves at the pleasure of the judge of the court the bailiff serves. (b) If the office of a bailiff becomes vacant, ... The bailiffs may act for each other and shall act for each other when requested to by a judge or the sheriff. A bailiff acting ... The sheriff shall fix the annual salary of the bailiffs of each court. The salary must be approved by the commissioners court and shall be ... This subchapter does not prevent the sheriff from assigning additional deputies to any of the district courts when circumstances require or when a district judge ... The judges of the 245th, 246th, 247th, 257th, 308th, 309th, 310th, 311th, and 312th family district courts shall appoint a person to serve their respective ... An order signed by the appointing judge and entered on the minutes of the court is evidence of appointment of a bailiff. The judge shall ... A bailiff must be a citizen of the United States and must be 19 years of age. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, ... On written notice of the appointment from the judge, a constable of said county may deputize the bailiff in addition to other deputies authorized by ... The following oath must be administered by the appointing judge to the bailiff appointed under this subchapter: "I solemnly swear that I will perform faithfully ... The bailiff holds office at the will of the judge of the court served by the bailiff. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, ... A bailiff shall perform the duties imposed on bailiffs under the general laws of this state and the other duties required by the judge of ... The bailiff shall be compensated out of the general fund of the county in an amount to be set by the Commissioners Court of Harris ... (a) In any county with a population of 250,000 or more, the judges of the district courts to whom the grand jury reports may, with ... The judge of a district court in Galveston County impaneling a grand jury shall appoint not more than six grand jury bailiffs. Added by Acts ... (a) The supreme court, the court of criminal appeals, and each of the courts of appeals may employ and commission a peace officer to protect ... Any peace officer commissioned under this section shall be vested with all the rights, privileges, obligations, and duties of any other peace officer in this ... Last modified: August 11, 2007 |