texas district court jurisdictional limits

Sec. Sept. 1, 1985. (c) The 111th District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the other district courts in Webb County. 24.611. Sec. The 379th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County. Sept. 1, 1999. 24.227. The judge may also assign the official interpreter to assist the court's probation officer in the discharge of the probation officer's duties. 443RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ELLIS COUNTY). (a) The 181st Judicial District is composed of Potter and Randall counties. (b) The 122nd District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the 10th and 56th district courts. 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. The district court has appellate jurisdiction and general supervisory control over the commissioners court, with the exceptions and regulations prescribed by law. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 1189), Sec. 5 is composed of Dallas County. 9, eff. 1, eff. (a) The 295th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. Oct. 1, 1999. 282ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DALLAS COUNTY). 24.389. (a) The 103rd Judicial District is composed of Cameron County. Sec. The court shall give preference to civil cases. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 408TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). (f) The sheriff of Bowie County or his deputy shall attend the court while it is sitting in Texarkana and shall perform the duties required by law or under the order of the court. (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. January 1, 2012. 342, Sec. September 1, 2005. 272ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BRAZOS COUNTY). Sec. (d) The terms of the 83rd District Court begin on the second Monday in January and July. 1139), Sec. The 234th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. 359TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MONTGOMERY COUNTY). (b) The terms of the 9th District Court begin on the first Monday in January and the first Monday in July. (b) The terms of the 97th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July. 9(a), eff. (b) The terms of the 134th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July. 141ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TARRANT COUNTY). 24.375. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. Sec. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 852 (H.B. 1082 (H.B. 59TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (GRAYSON COUNTY). Court for the Del Rio Division shall be held at Del Rio. 24.237. (b) The 230th District Court shall give preference to criminal cases. (b) The 252nd District Court shall give preference to criminal cases. The 189th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. 1, eff. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. Sec. Sept. 1, 2003. 24.511. Special Jurisdiction County Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction Local Trial Courts of Limited Jurisdiction Original jurisdiction in civil actions over $200,divorce, title to land, contested elections. Sec. 2(c), eff. 354TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HUNT AND RAINS COUNTIES). (c) In Bowie County, the 5th Judicial District has concurrent jurisdiction with the 102nd Judicial District. 2230), Sec. 72 (H.B. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 8, eff. 3774), Sec. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 480, Sec. The 405th Judicial District is composed of Galveston County. 2, eff. 24.147. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. (c) 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. September 1, 2019. Sec. 24.141. 5, eff. 480, Sec. 1352 (S.B. 2150), Sec. Sec. All suits and proceedings within the jurisdiction of the courts in Matagorda County shall be addressed to the district court of Matagorda County. Sec. 24.105. In the absence of a provision by the board, the terms of the district court, until otherwise prescribed by law, begin on the first Mondays in January and July of each year and continue until the time for convening the next regular term of the court. Sec. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. The 385th Judicial District is composed of Midland County. . 24.184. Service on the board is an official duty of each of the officers named in Article V, Section 7a, of the Texas Constitution. If a case is transferred, all process, bonds, recognizances, and obligations extant at the time of transfer shall be returned to and filed in the court to which the case is transferred and shall be valid and binding as if originally issued out of that court. Sec. Sept. 1, 1985. However, 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. (b) The terms of the criminal district court no. 1342 (S.B. The 242nd Judicial District is composed of Castro, Hale, and Swisher counties. (b) The board shall adopt its own rules of procedure and has the power to make investigations, hold hearings, compel by subpoena the attendance and testimony of witnesses and the production of records, administer oaths, and do all things necessary in its judgment to carry out its duties. Sec. Sept. 1, 2003. 2(i), eff. 168TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (EL PASO COUNTY). (a) The 53rd Judicial District is composed of Travis County. 1342 (S.B. Unless an objection is filed by a party to the suit, the 424th District Court may hear, in any county in the district convenient for the court, any nonjury case pending in any county in the district, including divorces, adoptions, default judgments, and matters in which citation was by publication, regardless of whether the case was filed in the county in which the hearing is held. (c) The terms of the 15th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July. 24.411. 1, eff. (a) The 66th Judicial District is composed of Hill County. 1082 (H.B. 448TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (EL PASO COUNTY). (a) The 77th Judicial District is composed of Freestone and Limestone counties. 50TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BAYLOR, COTTLE, KING, AND KNOX COUNTIES). (a) Juries for special terms authorized by Section 24.014 shall be summoned in the manner provided by law for regular terms. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1, eff. 891), Sec. (b) Except as provided by Subsection (g), the provisions of this section apply to the 11th, 55th, 61st, 80th, 113th, 125th, 127th, 129th, 133rd, 151st, 152nd, 157th, 164th, and 165th judicial districts. The receiving clerk shall promptly docket the transferred case. By order entered on the minutes, for any term that the judge considers it necessary, the judge may order grand and petit juries to be drawn. 6, eff. 137TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (LUBBOCK COUNTY). 1059 (H.B. September 1, 2015. Each judge sitting in the court shall sign the minutes of the proceedings that were held before him. (f) A criminal complaint may be presented to the grand jury of any district court in Webb County, and a resulting indictment may be returned to any other district court in Webb County with the appropriate criminal jurisdiction. (b) The terms of the 163rd District Court begin on the first Mondays in January, May, and September. Sec. (b) The 285th District Court shall give preference to civil cases. 24.581. If more than one county is contained in a judicial district, the territory of the judicial district must be contiguous. (a) The 348th Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County. (b) The 288th District Court shall give preference to civil cases. (b) The terms of the 68th District Court begin on the first Mondays in February, May, September, and December. 2.04(a), eff. The 325th Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County. (b) The terms of the 98th District Court begin on the first Mondays in February, April, June, October, and December. 6, eff. (a) The 151st Judicial District is composed of Harris County. 912 (S.B. 1, eff. 256TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DALLAS COUNTY). 1189), Sec. the court of criminal appeals the supreme court the district court the justice of the peace court. 4TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (RUSK COUNTY). October 1, 2022. 24.613. Sec. 24.113. (a) The 92nd Judicial District is composed of Hidalgo County. (a) The 236th Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County. Sept. 1, 2001. 1, eff. June 17, 2015. (c) The terms of the 53rd District Court begin on the first Mondays in January, March, May, and October. In determining the reapportionment that best promotes the efficiency and promptness of the administration of justice, the board shall consider: (1) the numbers and types of cases filed in the district courts of the counties to be affected by the reapportionment; (2) the numbers and types of cases disposed of by dismissal or judgment in the district courts of those counties; (3) the numbers and types of cases pending in the district courts of those counties; (4) the number of district courts in those counties; (6) the area to be covered by a judicial district; and. 24.546. (a) The 50th Judicial District is composed of Baylor, Cottle, King, and Knox counties. JURISDICTION OF FAILURE TO PAY OVER CERTAIN MONEY. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1189), Sec. (c) The 344th District Court has concurrent jurisdiction over all matters of civil and criminal jurisdiction, original and appellate, in cases over which the county court has jurisdiction under the constitution and laws of this state. (k) The judges of the courts that give preference to criminal cases may impanel special and general grand juries as needed or by agreement between the judges. 321), Sec. (a) The 410th Judicial District is composed of Montgomery County. (e) Each of the judges of the 23rd and 130th district courts may take a vacation and not attend court for six weeks in each year. 2100 Bloomdale Rd. 24.628. 39(1), eff. (c) Section 24.132, relating to the 30th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 78th District Court. (b) The terms of the 138th District Court begin on the first Mondays in March, July, and November. (c) The terms of the 90th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July. JURISDICTION. 1189), Sec. (d) Section 24.106, relating to the 6th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 102nd District Court in Red River County. DALLAS COUNTY CRIMINAL JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. (a) The 226th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County. The judgment, order, or action of the district court is valid and binding as if the case were pending in the district court. PENDING CASES AND PROCEEDINGS. 234TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). 48TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TARRANT COUNTY). Sec. (c) If the office of district attorney is authorized by law in or for a judicial district, a reapportionment under this subchapter does not change the county or counties included in the district for purposes of election, functions, duties, and authority of the district attorney, his assistants, and their successors in office. (b) The terms of the 100th District Court begin: (1) in Carson County on the first Mondays in January and August; (2) in Childress County on the first Mondays in May and December; (3) in Collingsworth County on the first Mondays in April and November; (4) in Donley County on the first Mondays in March and October; and. 3.13(17), 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. 11TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). 848 (S.B. Sec. December 15, 2009. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. The 395th Judicial District is composed of Williamson County. The 314th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. 363, Sec. Sec. (3) the obligees in all appearance bonds and recognizances taken in and for the district court and the witnesses summoned to appear before the district court under the prior law are required to appear at the next term of the court as fixed by the amended law. (a) The 283rd Judicial District is composed of Dallas County. (a) The 79th Judicial District is composed of Brooks and Jim Wells counties. 2 begin on the first Mondays in January, April, July, and October. 2217), Sec. (a) The 205th Judicial District is composed of Culberson, El Paso, and Hudspeth counties. 24.360. 4037), Sec. 1352 (S.B. 390TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TRAVIS COUNTY). (a) The 165th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. 24.450. 635, Sec. (a) The 125th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. (c) The terms of the 85th District Court begin on the first Mondays in April and October. 24.130. 1352 (S.B. The 312th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. 24.419. The 454th Judicial District is composed of Medina County. January 1, 2012. 196, Sec. One of the factors in determining jurisdiction is the amount in controversy, and each court must adhere to the jurisdictional limits established by the Texas Legislature. 1352 (S.B. RULES AND CONDITIONS FOR REAPPORTIONMENT. Sec. 1, eff. 121ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TERRY AND YOAKUM COUNTIES). 24.151. January 1, 2022. January 1, 2012. A case may not be transferred without the permission of the judge of the court to which the case is to be transferred. 480, Sec. Sept. 1, 1985. (b) The terms of the 59th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July. 1, eff. 1182 (S.B. Sec. Sept. 1, 1995. (a) All civil and criminal cases in the district courts in Hidalgo County shall be assigned and docketed at random by the district clerk using an automated system. 204TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DALLAS COUNTY). Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. (d) The judge of the 424th District Court may impanel grand juries in each county. 541 (S.B. 2.09(a), eff. 1352 (S.B. Sec. 1, eff. 2454), Sec. 11, eff. (a) The 254th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County. (b) The terms of the 101st District Court begin on the first Mondays in March, June, September, and December. Sec. (b) The terms of the criminal district court begin on the first Mondays in January, April, July, and October. (a) The Dallas County Criminal Judicial District No. 75TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (LIBERTY COUNTY). Fax: : 940-349-2121. Sec. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 24.477. (c) Section 24.267, relating to the 174th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 176th District Court. (c) The terms of the 58th and 60th district courts begin on the first Mondays in January and July. (b) The terms of the 106th District Court begin: (1) in Dawson County on the third Monday in February and the second Monday in September; (2) in Gaines County on the first Mondays in April and October; (3) in Garza County on the first Monday in March and the fourth Monday in September; and.