Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1, eff. (b) The terms of the 327th District Court begin on the first Mondays in February, April, June, September, October, and December. (b) The 484th District Court shall give preference to juvenile matters under Title 3, Family Code. 891), Sec. During the judge's vacation, the court term remains open, and the judge of any other district court may hold court during the judge's vacation. 912 (S.B. 480, Sec. The amount in controversy is determined by the plaintiff's petition at the time the suit is filed. 1306, Sec. (b) Section 24.139, relating to the 37th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 144th District Court. (a) The 67th Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County. 1189), Sec. 79), Sec. (d) The judges of the 70th and 118th district courts may take a vacation and not attend court for six weeks in each year. The court shall give preference to civil cases. (b) The 194th District Court shall give preference to criminal cases. The Commissioners Court of Jefferson County may provide suitable quarters for the court in the subcourthouse while it sits in Port Arthur. Sec. June 7, 2019. A case may not be transferred without the permission of the judge of the court to which the case is to be transferred. September 1, 2005. 1189), Sec. Service Center . 1337, Sec. JUVENILE BOARDS. 399TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). 123RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (PANOLA AND SHELBY COUNTIES). (d) In any county in the district in which there are two or more district courts, the judges of those courts may, in their discretion, either in termtime or in vacation, on motion of any party, on agreement of the parties, or on their own motion, transfer any civil or criminal case or proceeding on their dockets to the docket of one of the other district courts. 108TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (POTTER COUNTY). September 1, 2015. 24.136. 450TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TRAVIS COUNTY). (b) The terms of the 410th District Court begin on the first Monday in January and the first Monday in July. 24.265. (b) The 27th, 146th, 169th, 264th, 426th, and 478th judicial districts have concurrent jurisdiction in Bell County. 24.157. (e) The judges of the district and criminal district courts of Dallas County shall, by agreement among themselves, take vacations so that there are at all times at least three judges of those courts in the county. (a) The 112th Judicial District is composed of Crockett, Pecos, Reagan, Sutton, and Upton counties. (b) In addition to the jurisdiction prescribed by the constitution and general laws of the state for district courts, the 259th District Court in Jones and Shackelford counties has all original and appellate civil and criminal jurisdiction normally exercised by county courts under the constitution and general laws of this state. 353RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TRAVIS COUNTY). 541 (S.B. 24.107. 24.581. (b) The 455th District Court shall give preference to civil and family law matters. (a) The 213th Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County. The 268th Judicial District is composed of Fort Bend County. (a) The 285th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County. 24.905. These matters include: (4) child welfare, custody, support and reciprocal support, dependency, neglect, and delinquency; (c) This subchapter does not limit the jurisdiction of other district courts nor relieve them of responsibility for handling cases involving family law matters. Sec. (a) The 338th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. Sec. 4(a), eff. (b) The 289th District Court shall give primary preference to juvenile matters under Title 3, Family Code, and secondary preference to criminal cases. 1352 (S.B. (a) The 435th Judicial District is composed of Montgomery County. 24.5995. Sept. 1, 1999. 9, eff. 1.03(a), eff. 1352 (S.B. Sec. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 40), Sec. The district judge of any district listed in this subchapter is a member of the juvenile board in each county within his district in which a juvenile board exists. The State District Courts hold hearings on pre-trial matters and preside over jury and non-jury trials. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 18TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (JOHNSON AND SOMERVELL COUNTIES). 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Aug. 28, 1995. (a) The 275th Judicial District is composed of Hidalgo County. CONCURRENT JURISDICTION. 443RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ELLIS COUNTY). Sec. 1182 (S.B. Sec. 541 (S.B. 507 (S.B. 14TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DALLAS COUNTY). (b) The terms of the 64th District Court in each county of the district begin on the first Mondays in January and July and are designated the January and July terms. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. The criminal district courts do not have appellate misdemeanor jurisdiction. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 24.430. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 149TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BRAZORIA COUNTY). 606 (S.B. Sec. 1314), Sec. AGE QUALIFICATION OF JUDGES. 24.360. 467TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DENTON COUNTY). (a) Repealed by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 77TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (FREESTONE AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES). 1352 (S.B. 352ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TARRANT COUNTY). Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1, eff. 2(i), eff. Sec. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 24.487. 1.04(a), eff. June 16, 2015. 24.173. 24.263. 24.448. 24.362. 24.179. 1, eff. The 325th Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County. 2(a), eff. September 1, 2015. 3481), Sec. 24.363. 24.301. (b) Except as otherwise provided by this chapter, the terms of each district, family district, and criminal district court are continuous. In this subchapter: (1) "Board" means the Judicial Districts Board established by Article V, Section 7a, of the Texas Constitution. Sec. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 215TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). Sec. 3774), Sec. 24.941. Sec. 24.378. 24.540. 24.511. 1, eff. 607 (S.B. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. The 404th Judicial District is composed of Cameron County. (b) The 141st District Court shall give preference to civil matters. 293RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DIMMIT, MAVERICK, AND ZAVALA COUNTIES). Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 24.600. 6 is composed of Dallas County. September 1, 2019. 1352 (S.B. 409TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (EL PASO COUNTY). 24.251. 385TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MIDLAND COUNTY). (c) The terms of the 289th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July. 160TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DALLAS COUNTY). 58TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (JEFFERSON COUNTY). (b) Section 24.138, relating to the 36th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 343rd District Court. January 1, 2016. Sec. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 24.272. In each of the counties, matters and proceedings in the concurrent jurisdiction may be transferred between the 276th District Court and the county court. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. (g) The Wharton County district clerk shall keep one set of minutes in which the clerk shall record all judgments and orders of the 23rd and 329th district courts in Wharton County. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. Fax: : 940-349-2121. 1337, Sec. 9(l), eff. 1, eff. 175TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 131ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). The 365th Judicial District is composed of Dimmit, Maverick, and Zavala counties. 270TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). 301ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DALLAS COUNTY). September 1, 2005. 1314), Sec. (a) The 44th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. The 466th Judicial District is composed of Comal County. 62ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DELTA, FRANKLIN, HOPKINS, AND LAMAR COUNTIES). 24.224. (5) in Wilson County on the second Mondays in April and October. Any of the judges may hear and determine any part or question of a case or proceeding pending in any of the courts, and any of the other judges may complete the hearing and render judgment in the case. 49TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (WEBB AND ZAPATA COUNTIES). 1, eff. All grand and petit juries drawn for one district court in each county are interchangeable with any other district court in that county as if the jury had been drawn for the court in which it is used. 24.003. 24.447. 24.594. (c) The 111th District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the other district courts in Webb County. Sec. 316), Sec. 166TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). 10(a), eff. (a) The 134th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County. Sec. The 281st Judicial District is composed of Harris County. (c) The judges of the 51st, 119th, 340th, and 391st district courts may, in their discretion, exchange benches and sit for each other without formal order in each county in those districts, including counties in which the districts do not overlap. 24.248. 24.952. All suits and proceedings within the jurisdiction of the courts in Matagorda County shall be addressed to the district court of Matagorda County. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. (c) If a district judge in the county is sick or otherwise absent, another district judge in the county may hold court for the judge. Sec. 24.235. Sec. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. Jan. 1, 2001. 24.001. 7TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (SMITH COUNTY). (c) The judge, with the approval of the commissioners court, may appoint an official interpreter of the court in Nueces County who serves at the will of the judge. 1, eff. 24.566. 3, eff. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 24.598. 284TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MONTGOMERY COUNTY). 224TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 24.388. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. Sec. 238TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MIDLAND COUNTY). Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 148, Sec. 461ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BRAZORIA COUNTY). 36TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ARANSAS, BEE, LIVE OAK, MCMULLEN, AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES). Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. (3) in Martin County on the first Mondays in January, June, and October. Indictments within each county may be returned to either court within that county. Jan. 1, 1998. 1182 (S.B. (a) The 383rd Judicial District is composed of El Paso County. 145TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (NACOGDOCHES COUNTY). (e) The terms of the 115th District Court begin: (1) in Marion County on the first Mondays in March and September; and. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 24.907. Sec. County Court at Law - Dallas County 2, Sec. (b) The 403rd District Court shall give preference to criminal matters. 184TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). 378TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ELLIS COUNTY). 80TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). 24.906. (b) The 257th District Court shall give preference to family law matters. Sec. 355), Sec. 268TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (FORT BEND COUNTY). 35TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BROWN AND MILLS COUNTIES). September 1, 2008. (b) The 53rd, 98th, and 126th district courts have concurrent jurisdiction. (b) In any county in the district in which there are two or more district courts, those district courts have concurrent jurisdiction in that county. 24.530. (b) The terms of the 140th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July. 24.106. Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 279TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (JEFFERSON COUNTY). (a) The 187th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County. 1575), Sec. The 431st Judicial District is composed of Denton County. 323RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TARRANT COUNTY). (a) The 289th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County. Sept. 1, 1985. 1342 (S.B. (a) The 179th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. 1059 (H.B. The 379th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County. Sec. 40), Sec. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 5(c), eff. (4) in Throckmorton County on the 12th and 23rd Mondays after the first Monday in January and the 12th Monday after the first Monday in September. (e) Section 24.108, relating to the 8th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 62nd District Court in Delta, Franklin, and Hopkins counties. Sec. 855 (H.B. 1, eff. 24.603. 93RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HIDALGO COUNTY). Sept. 1, 2003. (a) The 185th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. The 439th Judicial District is composed of Rockwall County. Thirteen of these courts . 349), Sec. 891), Sec. 24.624. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 24.475. 2.19(a), eff. Sec. 2766), Sec. (a) The 432nd Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County. September 1, 2015. Jan. 15, 2004. (a) The 291st Judicial District is composed of Dallas County. The 221st Judicial District is composed of Montgomery County. (6) occupy the judge's own courtroom or the courtroom of another district court in the county. September 1, 2005. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. (a) The 153rd Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County. Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 3, eff. 24.356. June 14, 1989. Sec. In a county placed in a different or additional judicial district by reapportionment under this subchapter, the district clerk, sheriff, constables, county attorney, and district attorney or criminal district attorney of the county, and their assistants and successors in office, shall be the respective officers of all district courts of the county, including the courts of the different or additional judicial districts. All citations, notices, restraining orders, and other process issued in Matagorda County by the clerk or judges of the courts are returnable to the district court of Matagorda County without reference to the court number. 1342 (S.B. 480, Sec. 1, eff. (c) The terms of the 128th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January, May, and September. (a) The 99th Judicial District is composed of Lubbock County. The 366th Judicial District is composed of Collin County. (a) The 265th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County. (b) If a county in which any part of the jurisdiction vested by general law in the county court has been transferred or made concurrent in a district court is removed by reapportionment under this subchapter from the judicial districts of all district courts having the county court jurisdiction, the board shall specify whether, after the effective date of the reapportionment order, the transferred county court jurisdiction is vested in the district court of the judicial districts in which the county is included under the reapportionment order or whether the transferred county court jurisdiction is revested in the county court. September 1, 2015. Texas Government Code - GOV'T 25.0592 | FindLaw (e) The legislature, the Judicial Districts Board, or the Legislative Redistricting Board may not redistrict the judicial districts to provide for any judicial district smaller in size than an entire county except as provided by this subsection. The 242nd Judicial District is composed of Castro, Hale, and Swisher counties. (a) The 388th Judicial District is composed of El Paso County. 24.268. September 1, 2009. Sec. Sec. 1, eff. 1124, Sec. (a) The 247th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. (a) The 56th Judicial District is composed of Galveston County. 4037), Sec. 934 (H.B. Sept. 1, 2001. 1082 (H.B. 24.587. (f) The criminal district courts nos. (2) in Wharton County on the first Mondays in July and January, and the terms are designated the July-December and January-June terms. 848 (S.B. Sec. 657 (H.B. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. (a) If the regular judge of a family district court is absent or is for any cause disabled or disqualified from presiding, a retired judge of a special juvenile court or a domestic relations court may be appointed by the presiding judge of the administrative judicial region in which the appointed judge resides to sit for the absent, disabled, or disqualified judge of a family district court within the geographic limits of the respective administrative judicial region. (a) Upon the suspension of a constitutional county judge by the State Commission on Judicial Conduct under Section 1-a, Article V, Texas Constitution, the commissioners court may appoint a resident of the county to fill the office until the next term of that office or until the suspension ends, whichever event occurs first. 24.168. 3. 64TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (CASTRO, HALE, AND SWISHER COUNTIES). Sec. (c) In Camp and Morris counties, the 76th District Court and the county court have concurrent jurisdiction over all original and appellate criminal matters over which the county court has jurisdiction under the constitution and laws of this state. 153RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TARRANT COUNTY). 85 (S.B. 480, Sec. 148, Sec. 24.525. (a) The 168th Judicial District is composed of El Paso County. 24.411. 1, eff. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1148, Sec. 248TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). Sec. September 1, 2017. 24.167. 704, Sec. (a) The 393rd Judicial District is composed of Denton County. Question 2 Which court in Texas has automatic jurisdiction over all death penalty cases? Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 24.103. Sec. 1, eff. (c) Section 24.130, relating to the 28th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 94th District Court. September 1, 2015. (b) The 399th District Court shall give preference to criminal matters. 1, eff. 1, eff. 40), Sec. The obligees in all bonds and recognizances taken in and for a court from which a case is transferred, and all witnesses summoned to appear in a court from which a case is transferred, are required to appear before the court to which a case is transferred as if originally required to appear before the court to which the transfer is made. (c) Section 24.136, relating to the 34th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 205th District Court. (b) Section 24.910, relating to the Tarrant County Criminal District Court No. A case may not be transferred from one court to another without the consent of the judge of the court to which it is transferred, and a case may not be transferred unless it is within the jurisdiction of the court to which it is transferred. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. (a) The 236th Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County. The terms of those courts begin on the first Mondays in July and January. (d) Section 24.115, relating to the 14th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the Dallas County Criminal District Court No. (b) The judge of the 452nd District Court may impanel grand juries in each county. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. The judge hearing a transferred case shall indicate on the docket sheet and orders that he is sitting for that district. 264TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BELL COUNTY). 704, Sec. 3(2), eff. (b) The terms of the 18th District Court in each county in the district begin on the first Mondays in January and July. Sept. 1, 1990. Sec. (a) The 390th Judicial District is composed of Travis County. (d) The board may provide for the compensation of subpoenaed witnesses. 403RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TRAVIS COUNTY). APPOINTMENT OF RETIRED JUDGE TO SIT FOR REGULAR JUDGE. (b) Section 24.139, relating to the 37th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 73rd District Court. Any of the judges of the courts may issue restraining orders and injunctions returnable to any of the other courts. It is the second-most populous county in Texas and the ninth-most populous in the United States. 2.04(a), eff. 1182 (S.B. 780, Sec. 24.229. Sept. 1, 1985. Sept. 1, 2001. Sec. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. June 15, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. Sec. 6(a), eff. 704, Sec. 212TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (GALVESTON COUNTY). (a) The 61st Judicial District is composed of Harris County. Sec. 130TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MATAGORDA COUNTY). 2454), Sec. 24.446. 3, Sec. 11TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). 12TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (GRIMES, MADISON, AND WALKER COUNTIES). 1, eff. (b) The 248th District Court shall give preference to criminal cases. 24.172. (a) The 273rd Judicial District is composed of Sabine, San Augustine, and Shelby counties. (a) On the creation of an additional district court in a county, an existing district court in the county may transfer to the new court a case regarding a child who is subject to the continuing exclusive jurisdiction of the existing court under Title 5, Family Code, regardless of whether the case is pending in the existing court or the existing court rendered a final order in the case. (a) The 123rd Judicial District is composed of Panola and Shelby counties. (2) unless objection is filed by a party to the suit, hear any nonjury case, including divorces, adoptions, default judgments, and matters where citation was by publication, regardless of whether the case is filed in the county in which the hearing is held. 480, Sec.