texas district court jurisdictional limits

Sec. DALLAS COUNTY CRIMINAL JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 24.116. 6, eff. 31ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (GRAY, HEMPHILL, LIPSCOMB, ROBERTS, AND WHEELER COUNTIES). (c) The judge may sign an order or decree in any case pending for trial or on trial before him in any county in his district at a place that is convenient to the judge and forward the order or decree to the clerk for filing and entry. Sec. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. September 1, 2005. (a) The 346th Judicial District is composed of El Paso County. (b) The terms of the 48th District Court begin on the first Mondays in February, May, August, and November. 541 (S.B. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 284TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MONTGOMERY COUNTY). Sec. Sec. 1352 (S.B. 541 (S.B. 3378), Sec. 507 (S.B. 2, eff. 24.251. 1337, Sec. 1, eff. 1, eff. 9(l), eff. 79), Sec. 21, Sec. Sept. 1, 1985. All civil and criminal matters within the concurrent jurisdiction of the county and district courts must be filed with the county clerk in the county court. 1189), Sec. The 467th Judicial District is composed of Denton County. 855 (H.B. 1012, Sec. 62ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DELTA, FRANKLIN, HOPKINS, AND LAMAR COUNTIES). (a) The 245th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. Sec. 2(10), eff. 848 (S.B. (a) The 60th Judicial District is composed of Jefferson County. (b) The 337th District Court shall give preference to criminal cases. Texas House plans to pass 'largest property tax decrease ever,' Speaker The 244th Judicial District is composed of Ector County. 2913), Sec. 24.241. 1081 (H.B. (5) in Tom Green County on the first Mondays in January and June. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. The clerk's certificate must show the record of the judge's election or appointment and must show that the judge performed services in the court. 21ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BASTROP, BURLESON, LEE, AND WASHINGTON COUNTIES). 5. 426TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BELL COUNTY). Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1, eff. 480, Sec. (d) The 17th District Court shall give preference to civil matters. 24.204. (a) The 130th Judicial District is composed of Matagorda County. 24.248. (b) The 53rd, 98th, and 126th district courts have concurrent jurisdiction. 632, Sec. (a) The 380th Judicial District is composed of Collin County. 1385, Sec. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. The judge may alternate the impaneling of grand juries in each county with the judge of any other district court in that county, or the judges may by agreement determine which one of the courts will impanel the grand juries. 17TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TARRANT COUNTY). 24.541. If the clerk decides not to consolidate the minutes, the judge of each district court shall sign the minutes of each court term not later than the 30th day after the end of the term and shall also sign at the end of each volume of the minutes. (a) The 295th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. 90, Sec. All suits and proceedings within the jurisdiction of the courts in Wharton County shall be addressed to the district court of Wharton County. September 1, 2007. Each term continues until the term ends by operation of law or the court has disposed of the business for that term. September 1, 2019. It is the policy of the state that the administration of justice shall be prompt and efficient and that, for this purpose, the judicial districts of the state shall be reapportioned as provided by this subchapter so that the district courts of various judicial districts have judicial burdens that are as nearly equal as possible. September 1, 2009. 458TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (FORT BEND COUNTY). 1575), Sec. 2, eff. 1, eff. 21, Sec. 355TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HOOD COUNTY). Sec. 24.267. 24.408. 7(a), eff. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. (b) The 418th District Court shall give preference to family law matters. 1, eff. 259TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (JONES AND SHACKELFORD COUNTIES). Sec. (a) The 197th Judicial District is composed of Cameron and Willacy counties. (e) In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Subchapter C and other law, the Tarrant County Criminal District Court No. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. October 1, 2007. (l) The Harris County district clerk shall create a form and establish procedures to transfer a domestic violence case that qualifies for preference under this section to the domestic violence district court. 24.365. 1342 (S.B. District courts have original jurisdiction in felony criminal cases, divorce cases, cases involving title to land, election contest cases, civil matters in which the amount of money or damages involved is $200 or more, and any matters in which jurisdiction is not placed in another trial court. 24.108. September 1, 2015. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. (b) The 288th District Court shall give preference to civil cases. 396TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TARRANT COUNTY). 280TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). 79), Sec. If the person to whom a subpoena is directed fails to comply, the board may bring suit in the district court to enforce the subpoena. 934 (H.B. (a) The 287th Judicial District is composed of Bailey and Parmer counties. (a) The 156th Judicial District is composed of Aransas, Bee, Live Oak, McMullen, and San Patricio counties. 24.392. 24.571. Sec. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1575), Sec. 4 of Tarrant County is composed of Tarrant County. September 1, 2005. 171ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (EL PASO COUNTY). 1.09(a), eff. 10(a), eff. Sec. (e) The terms of the 76th District Court begin: (1) in Camp County on the first Mondays in March and April; (2) in Morris County on the first Mondays in January, May, July, and November and the third Monday in September; and. 1189), Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. (b) The terms of the 101st District Court begin on the first Mondays in March, June, September, and December. 1081, Sec. (a) The reapportionment of the judicial districts of the state by the board is subject to the rules and conditions provided by Subsections (b)-(d). 79), Sec. (b) The 77th District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the 87th District Court in Freestone and Limestone counties. Sec. 24.003. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. (c) The judge of the 59th District Court may impanel the grand jury in Grayson County as provided by law for any terms of his court that he considers proper. 254TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DALLAS COUNTY). Each judge may sit in the other court to hear a case without transferring the case. U.S. 580 (S.B. (d) Section 24.144, relating to the 42nd District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 104th District Court. January 1, 2007. Sec. Sec. (a) The Criminal Judicial District No. 77TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (FREESTONE AND LIMESTONE COUNTIES). Sec. (b) The 247th District Court shall give preference to family law matters. 1, eff. (c) Section 24.129, relating to the 27th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 478th District Court. 11TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). The 413th Judicial District is composed of Johnson County. (a) The 232nd Judicial District is composed of Harris County. Sec. 4 of Tarrant County. 453RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HAYS COUNTY). (c) In all suits, actions, or proceedings in the district courts in Galveston County, it is sufficient for the address or designation to be the "District Court of Galveston County.". 1189), Sec. (b) The jurisdiction of the 273rd District Court is concurrent with the jurisdiction of the other district courts in Sabine, San Augustine, and Shelby counties. (a) The 198th Judicial District is composed of Bandera and Kerr Counties. The board shall complete its work on the reapportionment and file its order with the secretary of state not later than August 31 of the same year. Sec. (a) The 87th Judicial District is composed of Anderson, Freestone, Leon, and Limestone counties. (a) The 392nd Judicial District is composed of Henderson County. 1189), Sec. 24.131. (a) The 484th Judicial District is composed of Cameron County. The 190th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. 1, eff. (b) This section applies to the 37th, 45th, 57th, 73rd, 131st, 144th, 150th, 166th, 175th, 186th, 187th, 224th, 225th, 226th, 227th, 285th, 288th, 289th, 290th, 379th, 386th, 399th, 407th, 408th, 436th, 437th, and 438th district courts in Bexar County. Sec. Sec. 148TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (NUECES COUNTY). Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. Sec. The 462nd Judicial District is composed of Denton County. September 1, 2013. (c) The criminal district courts have jurisdiction of criminal cases within the jurisdiction of a district court. Sec. (3) in Wilbarger County on the first Monday in January and the 11th, 22nd, and 41st Mondays after the first Monday in January. (b) The 279th District Court shall give preference to family law matters. 24.60028. Sept. 1, 1995. October 1, 2017. (b) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 137TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (LUBBOCK COUNTY). Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. (d) The Ector County sheriff or the sheriff's deputy shall attend the court as required by law or by the judge. The official interpreter shall take both the constitutional oath of office and an oath that he will faithfully interpret all testimony in the district court as official interpreter. 24.472. (b) The terms of the 274th District Court begin on the second Tuesdays in February and August in Comal County, on the second Tuesdays in May and November in Guadalupe County, and on the second Tuesdays in June and December in Hays County. (a) The 111th Judicial District is composed of Webb County. Any of the judges may in his own courtroom try and determine any case or proceeding pending in any of the other courts without having the case transferred or may sit in any of the other courts and hear and determine any case or proceeding pending in one of those courts. 313TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). 79), Sec. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. (b) If cases or other proceedings are transferred from a district court to another district court in accordance with this subchapter, all writs, processes, bonds, bail bonds, recognizances, complaints, informations and indictments, and any other matters returnable to the court from which the cases or proceedings were transferred are returnable to the court to which the cases or proceedings are transferred and are as valid as if they had been made returnable originally to that court. 480, Sec. 24.6008. 316), Sec. 1321 (S.B. 27TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BELL AND LAMPASAS COUNTIES). Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1, eff. 24.364. 1951), Sec. (a) The 61st Judicial District is composed of Harris County. 1076 (H.B. (b) The judge of the 452nd District Court may impanel grand juries in each county. Sept. 1, 2000. Sec. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 3, eff. 24.6004. 101ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DALLAS COUNTY). Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. October 1, 2020. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 11(a), eff. 5.95(105), eff. Map. 3, eff. (a) A district court shall sit in the county seat for a jury trial in a civil case. 24.622. 165 (H.B. 18, eff. 24.624. 226TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). 290TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). (a) The 36th Judicial District is composed of Aransas, Bee, Live Oak, McMullen, and San Patricio counties. The district court may hear and determine: (1) motions against sheriffs and other officers of the court for failure to pay over money collected under the process of the court or other defalcation of duty in connection with the process; and. 704, Sec. The 446th Judicial District is composed of Ector County. 515 (H.B. A district judge may hear and determine motions, including motions for new trial, petitions for injunction, applications for the appointment of a receiver, interventions, pleas in abatement, dilatory pleas, and all preliminary matters, questions, and proceedings, and may enter judgment or order on them in the court in which the case or proceeding is pending without transferring the case or proceeding. 24.562. 480, Sec. 3, eff. Sec. (b) The 248th District Court shall give preference to criminal cases. (b) The terms of the 89th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January, April, July, and October. September 1, 2009. The 311th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 17, eff. 3, eff. Sec. Sec. 506TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (GRIMES AND WALLER COUNTIES). 165 (H.B. Sept. 1, 1997. 8, eff. The 250th Judicial District is composed of Travis County. The officer shall serve the subpoena in the same manner as a subpoena issued by a district court is served. Sec. (b) The terms of the 139th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July. (b) The terms of the 154th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July and are designated as the January and July terms. 24.554. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (S.B. (a) The 437th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County. The 249th Judicial District is composed of Johnson and Somervell counties. (A) divorce, as provided by Chapter 3, Family Code; (B) dependent and delinquent children, as provided by Section 23.001, by the Family Code, and by Title 43, Revised Statutes; (C) adoption, as provided by the Family Code; and. 24.129. Sec. (a) The 43rd Judicial District is composed of Parker County. 24.146. 649, Sec. 3 (H.B. To the extent that this subchapter is inconsistent with those provisions, Section 24.139 prevails. (b) The terms of the 41st District Court begin on the first Mondays in January, March, May, September, and November. 606 (S.B. Sec. (b) The 387th District Court shall give preference to family law matters. The criminal district courts do not have appellate misdemeanor jurisdiction. Sec. (a) The 273rd Judicial District is composed of Sabine, San Augustine, and Shelby counties. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 108, Sec. 1, eff. 507, Sec. 25TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (COLORADO, GONZALES, GUADALUPE, AND LAVACA COUNTIES). 1352 (S.B. (2) in Jim Wells County at 10 a.m. on the first Mondays in March and October. Jan. 15, 2004. May 14, 2007. 24.559. September 1, 2015. 18, eff. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. Sec. 1189), Sec. (a) The 92nd Judicial District is composed of Hidalgo County. January 1, 2019. 2, eff. 934 (H.B. Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 155TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (AUSTIN AND FAYETTE COUNTIES). Sec. (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. 24.169. (b) The terms of the 69th District Court begin: (1) in Dallam County on the 16th Monday after the second Mondays in January and July; (2) in Hartley County on the 12th Monday after the second Mondays in January and July; (3) in Moore County on the 10th Monday after the second Mondays in January and July; and. 24.218. 7, eff. Each term continues until the court has disposed of the business for that term. (a) The 58th Judicial District is composed of Jefferson County. 4. (a) The 327th Judicial District is composed of El Paso County. 580 (S.B. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 251ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTIES). Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. Sec. Sept. 1, 1985. 418TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MONTGOMERY COUNTY). 3 (H.B. June 7, 2019. (c) Section 24.130, relating to the 28th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 117th District Court. 420TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (NACOGDOCHES COUNTY). (f) Section 24.106, relating to the 6th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 62nd District Court in Lamar County. (b) The 399th District Court shall give preference to criminal matters. 1, eff. 24.639. 1352 (S.B. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 24.130. 1306, Sec. 2.11(a), eff. 485TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TARRANT COUNTY). (e) The clerk of the district courts in each of the counties of Limestone and Freestone shall prepare civil, criminal, divorce, and tax dockets for each district court and shall file each new case in the court in which the party filing the case directed the clerk to file it. The Justice Courts in Texas are created under Chapter 27 of the Texas Government Code. (k) The designated domestic violence district court shall: (1) provide timely and efficient access to emergency protective orders and other court remedies for persons the court determines are victims of domestic violence; (2) integrate victims' services for persons the court determines are victims of domestic violence who have a case before the court; and. EXPENSES OF DISTRICT JUDGE. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. The judge of a district court, on motion of a party, on agreement of the parties, or on the judge's own motion, may transfer a cause or proceeding on the judge's docket to the docket of one of the other district courts. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 891), Sec. 2.02(b), eff. 912 (S.B. Sec. 3153), Sec. 24, Sec. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. The 293rd Judicial District is composed of Dimmit, Maverick, and Zavala counties. Sept. 1, 1985. 1, eff. 24.132. (2) in Lampasas County on the first Mondays in March and September and may continue in session until the Saturday night before the Monday on which the next session convenes. 1, eff. 24.6006. 460TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TRAVIS COUNTY). 1, eff. 24.568. Except as provided by Section 24.012, the terms of a family district court begin on the first Monday in January and the first Monday in July. (c) Repealed by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 24.240. Sec. 855 (H.B. 1, eff. (d) The 33rd District Court may hear and determine, in any county in the district convenient for the court, all preliminary or interlocutory matters in which a jury may not be demanded, in any case pending in any county in the district regardless of whether the case was filed in the county in which the hearing is held. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. Harris County Civil Courts at Law Aug. 28, 1989. 24.117. (d) A grand jury may not be impaneled in any district court in El Paso County except the 34th District Court unless the judge of another district court in the county calls for a grand jury by special order. 24.902. Sec. (a) The 154th Judicial District is composed of Lamb County. SPECIAL JUDGE BY AGREEMENT OF PARTIES. (a) The 102nd Judicial District is composed of Bowie and Red River counties. (b) The terms of the 52nd District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July. 60TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (JEFFERSON COUNTY). 24.192. 541 (S.B. 2936), Sec. Sec. Sec. Sec. 57TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). September 1, 2011. 209TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). 483RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HAYS COUNTY). 3(a), eff. 1.37, eff. (d) A new civil case may not be brought to a special term of the court. (b) Reapportionment of the judicial districts shall be made on a determination of fact by the board that the reapportionment will best promote the efficiency and promptness of the administration of justice in the state by equalizing as nearly as possible the judicial burdens of the district courts of the various judicial districts. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. Sept. 1, 1985. (b) The 208th District Court shall give preference to criminal cases. The judge of the 341st District Court may alternate the drawing of grand juries with the judge of any other district court in the county. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 852 (H.B. 24.386. 480, Sec. (b) 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 district court from which a case is transferred, are required to appear before the court to which the case is transferred as if the bond, recognizance, or summons was taken in or for that court. 24.012. (a) The 77th Judicial District is composed of Freestone and Limestone counties. September 1, 2015. (c) The judge of the 33rd District Court may impanel grand juries in each county. 1.02(b), eff. 466TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (COMAL COUNTY). (a) The 9th Judicial District is composed of Montgomery County. 24.60097. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. The 359th Judicial District is composed of Montgomery County. 635, Sec. 36TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ARANSAS, BEE, LIVE OAK, MCMULLEN, AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES). (b) The 227th District Court shall give preference to criminal cases. Effective September 1, 2020, the civil jurisdiction limit (amount in controversy) for justice courts has increased from $10,000 to $20,000. 9, eff. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. Sec. 1329), Sec. 1189), Sec. Sept. 1, 1993; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. (a) The 135th Judicial District is composed of Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, and Victoria counties. The 453rd Judicial District is composed of Hays County. September 1, 2005. 1337, Sec. (c) Repealed by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. The 407th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County. 176TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). 24.017. (c) The terms of the 161st District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July. The Court system at the Texas state level may be divided into the following: (a) Justice Courts, (b) County Courts, (c) County Courts at Laws, (d) District Courts, and (e) Family District Courts. 293RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DIMMIT, MAVERICK, AND ZAVALA COUNTIES). 24.586. (d) Section 24.115, relating to the 14th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the Criminal District Court of Dallas County. CRIMINAL JUDICIAL DISTRICT OF JEFFERSON COUNTY. (b) All juvenile matters and proceedings in Galveston County shall be filed originally with the district clerk on the docket of the 306th District Court. 439TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ROCKWALL COUNTY). Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 24.904. 24.949. 1, eff. Sec. 19, eff. 156TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ARANSAS, BEE, LIVE OAK, MCMULLEN, AND SAN PATRICIO COUNTIES). Sec. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 80TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). Sec. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 75TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (LIBERTY COUNTY). (a) Juries for special terms authorized by Section 24.014 shall be summoned in the manner provided by law for regular terms. (b) A district court has original jurisdiction of a civil matter in which the amount in controversy is more than $500, exclusive of interest.

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texas district court jurisdictional limits