Texas Government Code Title 2, Chapter 44 - Criminal District Attorneys

    SUBCHAPTER A GENERAL PROVISIONS

  • Texas Section 44.001 - Election
    The voters of each of the following counties elect a criminal district attorney: Anderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Bowie, Brazoria, Caldwell, Calhoun, Cass, Collin, Comal, Dallas,...
  • Texas Section 44.001 - Election
    The voters of each of the following counties elect a criminal district attorney: Anderson, Austin, Bastrop, Bexar, Bowie, Brazoria, Caldwell, Calhoun, Cass, Collin, Comal, Dallas,...
  • SUBCHAPTER B PROVISIONS APPLICABLE TO PARTICULAR COUNTIES

  • Texas Section 44.002 - Qualifications; Bond; County Risk Management Pool
    (a) Except as provided by Subsection (b) or (c), a criminal district attorney must meet the qualifications and give the bond required of a district...
  • Texas Section 44.101 - Anderson County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Anderson County must be at least 30 years of age. (b) The criminal district attorney shall represent the state...
  • Texas Section 44.108 - Austin County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Austin County must meet the following qualifications: (1) be at least 30 years old; (2) have been a practicing...
  • Texas Section 44.111 - Bastrop County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Bastrop County shall attend each term and session of the district courts in Bastrop County and each term and...
  • Texas Section 44.115 - Bexar County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Bexar County shall attend each term and session of the district, county, and justice courts in Bexar County held...
  • Texas Section 44.119 - Bowie County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Bowie County shall represent the state in all cases in the district and inferior courts of Bowie County and...
  • Texas Section 44.120 - Brazoria County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Brazoria County shall attend each term and session of the district courts of Brazoria County and each term and...
  • Texas Section 44.128 - Caldwell County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Caldwell County must be at least 25 years old and must have been a practicing attorney in this state...
  • Texas Section 44.129 - Calhoun County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Calhoun County shall attend each term and session of the district and inferior courts of Calhoun County, except municipal...
  • Texas Section 44.134 - Cass County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Cass County shall attend each term and session of the district courts in Cass County and each term and...
  • Texas Section 44.143 - Collin County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Collin County shall attend each term and session of the district courts in Collin County held for the transaction...
  • Texas Section 44.146 - Comal County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Comal County must meet the following qualifications: (1) be at least 30 years old; (2) have been a practicing...
  • Texas Section 44.157 - Dallas County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Dallas County shall attend every term of the Criminal Court of Dallas County and of the Criminal District Court...
  • Texas Section 44.159 - Deaf Smith County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Deaf Smith County shall attend each term and session of the district courts in Deaf Smith County and shall...
  • Texas Section 44.161 - Denton County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Denton County must be at least 28 years old, must have been a practicing attorney in this state for...
  • Texas Section 44.167 - Eastland County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Eastland County shall attend each term and session of the district courts in Eastland County and shall represent the...
  • Texas Section 44.174 - Fannin County
    (a) The criminal district attorney shall attend each term and session of the district courts in Fannin County and each term and session of the...
  • Texas Section 44.184 - Galveston County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Galveston County shall attend each term and session of the district courts of Galveston County and each term and...
  • Texas Section 44.191 - Grayson County
    (a) The criminal district attorney shall attend each term and session of the district courts in Grayson County and each term and session of the...
  • Texas Section 44.192 - Gregg County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Gregg County shall represent the state in all criminal cases in the district, county, and justice courts of Gregg...
  • Texas Section 44.202 - Harrison County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Harrison County shall attend each term and session of the district courts of Harrison County and each term and...
  • Texas Section 44.205 - Hays County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Hays County must be at least 25 years old and have been a practicing attorney in this state for...
  • Texas Section 44.208 - Hidalgo County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Hidalgo County shall perform the duties of district attorney in all the judicial districts in Hidalgo County and the...
  • Texas Section 44.220 - Jackson County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Jackson County shall attend each term and session of the district courts in Jackson County and each term and...
  • Texas Section 44.221 - Jasper County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Jasper County must be at least 25 years old and have been a practicing attorney in this state for...
  • Texas Section 44.223 - Jefferson County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Jefferson County shall attend each term and session of the district courts in Jefferson County and each term and...
  • Texas Section 44.229 - Kaufman County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Kaufman County must be at least 25 years old and have been a practicing attorney in this state for...
  • Texas Section 44.230 - Kendall County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Kendall County must meet the following qualifications: (1) be at least 30 years old; (2) have been a practicing...
  • Texas Section 44.252 - Lubbock County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Lubbock County must be at least 25 years old and have been a practicing attorney in this state for...
  • Texas Section 44.255 - Mclennan County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of McLennan County has all the powers, duties, and privileges in McLennan County that are conferred by law on county...
  • Texas Section 44.257 - Madison County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Madison County has all the powers, duties, and privileges in Madison County that are conferred by law on district...
  • Texas Section 44.275 - Navarro County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Navarro County shall attend each term and session of the district courts in Navarro County and shall represent the...
  • Texas Section 44.276 - Newton County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Newton County must be at least 25 years old and have been a practicing attorney in this state for...
  • Texas Section 44.283 - Panola County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Panola County shall represent the state in all matters in the district and inferior courts in the county. The...
  • Texas Section 44.287 - Polk County
    (a) The criminal district attorney shall attend each term and session of the 258th and 411th district courts of Polk County and each term and...
  • Texas Section 44.291 - Randall County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Randall County shall attend each term and session of the district courts of Randall County and each term and...
  • Texas Section 44.299 - Rockwall County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Rockwall County must be a practicing attorney in this state. (b) The criminal district attorney shall attend each term...
  • Texas Section 44.304 - San Jacinto County
    (a) The criminal district attorney shall attend each term and session of the 258th and 411th district courts of San Jacinto County and each term...
  • Texas Section 44.312 - Smith County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Smith County shall attend each term and session of the district courts of Smith County and each term and...
  • Texas Section 44.320 - Tarrant County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Tarrant County shall attend each term and session of the criminal district courts of Tarrant County and each term...
  • Texas Section 44.321 - Taylor County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Taylor County shall perform all the duties in Taylor County required of district attorneys by general law and shall...
  • Texas Section 44.329 - Tyler County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Tyler County shall represent the state in all matters in the district and inferior courts in Tyler County. (b)...
  • Texas Section 44.330 - Upshur County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Upshur County shall attend each term and session of the district courts in Upshur County and each term and...
  • Texas Section 44.334 - Van Zandt County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Van Zandt County must be at least 25 years old and must have been a practicing attorney in this...
  • Texas Section 44.335 - Victoria County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Victoria County shall attend each term and session of the district courts of Victoria County and each term and...
  • Texas Section 44.336 - Walker County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Walker County must be at least 25 years old, must have been a practicing attorney in this state for...
  • Texas Section 44.337 - Waller County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Waller County must have been a practicing attorney in this state for at least three years. (b) The criminal...
  • Texas Section 44.343 - Wichita County
    (a) The criminal district attorney shall represent the state in all matters in the district and inferior courts in the county. The criminal district attorney...
  • Texas Section 44.350 - Wood County
    (a) The criminal district attorney of Wood County must be at least 25 years old and must have been a practicing attorney in this state...
  • Texas Section 44.351 - Yoakum County
    (a) The criminal district attorney represents the state in all matters in the district and inferior courts in the county. The criminal district attorney shall...

Last modified: September 28, 2016