Art. 45.026. JURY TRIAL; FAILURE TO APPEAR. (a) A justice or municipal court may order a party who does not waive a jury trial in a justice or municipal court and who fails to appear for the trial to pay the costs incurred for impaneling the jury.
(b) The justice or municipal court may release a party from the obligation to pay costs under this section for good cause.
(c) An order issued by a justice or municipal court under this section may be enforced by contempt as prescribed by Section 21.002(c), Government Code.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 122, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Renumbered from Vernon's Ann.C.C.P. art. 45.251 and amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1545, Sec. 24, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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