(c) The terms of the 15th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July. Sept. 1, 1995. 2.07(a), eff. 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. 24.580. (b) Section 24.111, relating to the 10th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 212th District Court. 2, eff. 24.373. Sec. 1, eff. 294TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (VAN ZANDT COUNTY). May 17, 2005. 1059 (H.B. May 14, 2007. 165, Sec. (b) The terms of the 368th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July. Sept. 1, 1999. The county courts shall have original jurisdiction of all misdemeanors of which exclusive original jurisdiction is not given to the justice court, and when the fine to be imposed shall exceed five hundred dollars. Recent Texas Supreme Court decisions limiting deposition times in these types of actions appear to run-afoul of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure and subject parties to discovery limitations imposed by the Texas Supreme Court when hearing matters are based on state law allegations. 24.357. 254TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DALLAS COUNTY). (a) The 179th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. 848 (S.B. Sec. (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. 24.532. 24.356. 145TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (NACOGDOCHES COUNTY). 891), Sec. Sec. (512) 916-5896. Sec. In case of absence, sickness, or disqualification, any of the other judges may hold court for him. Sec. 456TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (GUADALUPE COUNTY). Sec. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 441ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MIDLAND COUNTY). Sept. 1, 2001. 7 is composed of Dallas County. Sept. 1, 1985. (b) In addition to other jurisdiction provided by law, the 115th District Court has the civil and criminal jurisdiction of a county court in Marion County. 1, eff. Sec. (b) The 251st 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. May 17, 2005. 1575), Sec. TEXAS: District Court G $200/No maximum - - - - - County Court at Law, Constitutional . 3 (H.B. (b) The 438th District Court shall give preference to civil matters. Sec. 20, eff. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 24.455. Sec. The 191st Judicial District is composed of Dallas County. May 14, 2007. (b) In addition to other jurisdiction prescribed by law, each district court in Wichita County has the civil jurisdiction of a county court. Sec. Sec. 24.112. 24.016. JURISDICTION. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 623, Sec. (a) The 163rd Judicial District is composed of Orange County. 141, Sec. The 47th District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the 108th District Court in Potter County. Sec. 24.398. Sec. 1, eff. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 259TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (JONES AND SHACKELFORD COUNTIES). 256TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DALLAS COUNTY). 2, eff. 1182 (S.B. 349), Sec. 347TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (NUECES COUNTY). Unless an objection is filed by a party to the suit, the 33rd 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. 280, Sec. Sec. (a) The 124th Judicial District is composed of Gregg County. The judgment, order, or action of the district court is valid and binding as if the case were pending in the district court. (3) in Starr County on the first Mondays in April and October. Sec. (c) Section 24.136, relating to the 34th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 171st District Court. The district court has concurrent with the county court the criminal jurisdiction of a county court. 24.014. 430TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HIDALGO COUNTY). 3, eff. (a) The 399th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County. (d) In addition to other jurisdiction provided by law, the 28th District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the county courts at law in Nueces County to receive a guilty plea in a misdemeanor case pending in a county court at law in Nueces County and dispose of the case, regardless of whether the case is transferred to the district court. (c) The expenses shall be paid by the state on a sworn itemized account showing the expenses. Sec. Sec. 274TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (COMAL, GUADALUPE, AND HAYS COUNTIES). 2766), Sec. The 260th Judicial District is composed of Orange County. September 1, 2009. (2) motions against attorneys for money collected by them and not paid over. 337TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). 722. The 428th Judicial District is composed of Hays County. 2(5), eff. 59TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (GRAYSON COUNTY). (c) The commissioners court shall provide suitable quarters in the county courthouse for the court and the officers of the court. The 320th Judicial District is composed of Potter County. . (b) Section 24.112, relating to the 11th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 55th District Court. The judgment, order, or action of the district court is valid and binding as if the case were pending in the district court. 8.44(3), eff. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1352 (S.B. (b) The 141st District Court shall give preference to civil matters. Sec. 962 (H.B. At the lowest level are the local trial courts of limited jurisdiction which come in two types: municipal courts which enforce municipal ordinances and justice of the peace courts which handle small claims and other small civil and criminal matters. FILING AND DOCKETING CASES. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. Sec. (a) The 22nd Judicial District is composed of Caldwell, Comal, and Hays counties. 382ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (ROCKWALL COUNTY). 1.08(a), eff. (c) In Red River County, the 6th Judicial District has concurrent jurisdiction with the 102nd Judicial District. 1, eff. (a) The 289th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County. (a) The 53rd Judicial District is composed of Travis County. (a) The 178th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. September 1, 2005. 298TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DALLAS COUNTY). Sec. (2) in Yoakum County on the second Mondays in June and December. 1, eff. The 395th Judicial District is composed of Williamson County. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 4, eff. (b) The judge of the 198th District Court may impanel grand juries in each county. (a) The board shall meet in accordance with its own rules. 24.177. September 1, 2013. Sec. (c) Repealed by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. (a) The 247th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. The judges by agreement between themselves shall take their vacations alternately so that there are at all times at least one judge in his judicial district. (e) A judgment or order shall be entered in the minutes of the court in which the case is pending. (c) Section 24.105, relating to the 5th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 102nd District Court in Bowie County. 24.499. 606 (S.B. (b) The terms of the 14th District Court begin on the second Mondays in January, April, July, and October. Sec. September 1, 2015. Sec. (3) that the oath prescribed by law was administered to the special judge. 273RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (SABINE, SAN AUGUSTINE, AND SHELBY COUNTIES). 1.07(a), eff. (a) The 127th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. The 304th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County. (b) The 232nd District Court shall give preference to criminal cases. Failure to comply with the order of the district court is punishable as contempt. 332ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HIDALGO COUNTY). Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. (a) The Tarrant County Criminal Judicial District No. (b) The terms of the 104th District Court begin on the 11th and 24th Mondays after the first Monday in January and the ninth Monday after the first Monday in September. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 3153), Sec. The Commissioners Court of Jefferson County may provide suitable quarters for the court in the subcourthouse while it sits in Port Arthur. (d) Section 24.179, relating to the 77th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 87th District Court in Freestone and Limestone counties. (a) The 105th Judicial District is composed of Kenedy, Kleberg, and Nueces counties. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. (b) The terms of the 139th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July. (a) The 459th Judicial District is composed of Travis County. 204TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DALLAS COUNTY). (b) In addition to other jurisdiction provided by law, each district court in Eastland County has the civil jurisdiction of a county court. (b) The terms of the 287th District Court begin in Bailey County on the first Mondays in February and August and in Parmer County on the first Mondays in March and September. 49TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (WEBB AND ZAPATA COUNTIES). 24.487. 362ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DENTON COUNTY). (c) The terms provided by Subsection (b) begin at 10 a.m. on the first day of the term. The receiving court need not receive the transcript of the transferred cause to have jurisdiction over the cause. 470TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (COLLIN COUNTY). SECOND 25TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (COLORADO, GONZALES, GUADALUPE, AND LAVACA COUNTIES). 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. 507 (S.B. 1103 (H.B. The district clerk or the clerk's deputy serves as clerk of the court when it sits in Port Arthur and may transfer all necessary books, minutes, records, and papers to Port Arthur while the court is in session there, and transfer them from Port Arthur to Beaumont at the end of each session in Port Arthur. (a) The 46th Judicial District is composed of Foard, Hardeman, and Wilbarger counties. 24.244. 1124, Sec. 4, eff. Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. The 172nd Judicial District is composed of Jefferson County. (a) The Dallas County Criminal Judicial District No. Sec. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. Added by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 24.374. 24.543. 379TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). 1, eff. (b) The terms of the criminal district court no. 40), Sec. Court for the Del Rio Division shall be held at Del Rio. (d) The judges of the 70th and 118th district courts may take a vacation and not attend court for six weeks in each year. 3, eff. 367TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DENTON COUNTY). 182ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). The 448th Judicial District is composed of El Paso County. Sec. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 2, eff. 2150), Sec. 3.13(14), eff. (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. 1321 (S.B. The 470th Judicial District is composed of Collin County. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (EASTLAND COUNTY). 929 (H.B. (a) The 126th Judicial District is composed of Travis County. January 1, 2012. (b) Section 24.112, relating to the 11th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 129th District Court. 24.352. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1, eff. (a) The 166th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County. 165, Sec. 13, eff. In case of absence, sickness, or disqualification of any of the judges, any other of the judges may hold court for him. (b) The 53rd, 98th, and 126th district courts have concurrent jurisdiction. 257TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS 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. Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 24.218. 8, eff. The 217th Judicial District is composed of Angelina County. (c) Section 24.194, relating to the 92nd District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 139th District Court. County Court at Law - Dallas County 24.182. The 330th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County. Indictments within each county may be returned to either court within that county. 1, eff. (c) In addition to other jurisdiction provided by law, the 371st District Court has concurrent original jurisdiction with the county criminal courts in Tarrant County over misdemeanor cases. September 1, 2017. (a) The Second 25th Judicial District is composed of Colorado, Gonzales, Guadalupe, and Lavaca counties. (b) The 17th, 48th, 67th, 96th, and 153rd district courts have concurrent jurisdiction in Tarrant County. 24.385. (c) The terms of the El Paso County Criminal District Court No. (a) The 218th Judicial District is composed of Atascosa, Frio, Karnes, LaSalle, and Wilson counties. (b) The 215th District Court shall give preference to civil matters. 24.415. (b) The 258th District Court has concurrent jurisdiction in Polk County with the county court over all misdemeanor cases over which the county court has jurisdiction under the constitution and laws of this state. 433RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (COMAL COUNTY). Sec. (c) Repealed by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. This subsection does not limit the powers of the judges when acting for any other judge by exchange of benches or otherwise. Sec. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 10(a), eff. 24.351. (c) The judge of the 33rd District Court may impanel grand juries in each county. Sec. 1, eff. If the court limits the test, the EPA would likely still argue that its rule doesn't run afoul of the court's Sackett opinion . 24.123. 394TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BREWSTER, CULBERSON, HUDSPETH, JEFF DAVIS, AND PRESIDIO COUNTIES). (b) The 290th District Court shall give preference to criminal cases. (b) The terms of the 59th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July. 8, eff. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. (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.". (b) In addition to the other jurisdiction provided by law, the 451st District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the County Court of Kendall County in all civil and criminal matters over which the county court would have original or appellate jurisdiction, including probate matters and proceedings under Subtitle C, Title 7, Health and Safety Code. (d) Section 24.205, relating to the 103rd District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 138th District Court. Sec. Sept. 1, 1985. (b) The terms of the 87th District Court begin: (1) in Anderson County on the first Mondays in February and August; (2) in Freestone County on the first Mondays in January, April, July, and October; (3) in Leon County on the fifth Monday after the first Mondays in May and November; and. The court shall implement the statewide electronic court filing system to assist a party in electronic filing. (b) The 289th District Court shall give primary preference to juvenile matters under Title 3, Family Code, and secondary preference to criminal cases. 24.536. JUVENILE BOARDS. 24.497. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 1951), Sec. Each term continues until the term ends by operation of law or the court has disposed of the business for that term. 24.370. Sec. 1103 (H.B. 24.464. The 303rd Judicial District is composed of Dallas County. 3, Sec. Sec. (a) The 348th Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County. (d) The judge of the 62nd District Court is not required to impanel a grand jury in that court in any county of the district unless the judge considers it necessary. Any of the judges may hear and determine motions, petitions for injunction, applications for appointment of receivers, interventions, motions to transfer venue, pleas in abatement and all dilatory pleas, motions for new trials, 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 having the matter transferred to the court of the acting judge. 356TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARDIN COUNTY). 480, Sec. 292ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (DALLAS COUNTY). Sec. 437TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). 1.01, eff. Sec. 580 (S.B. Any of the judges may hear and determine motions, petitions for injunction, applications for appointment of receivers, interventions, motions to transfer venue, pleas in abatement, all dilatory pleas, motions for new trials, and all preliminary matters, questions, and proceedings, and may enter judgment or order thereon in the court in which the case is pending without having the case transferred to the court of the acting judge. 339TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). 141ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TARRANT COUNTY). Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 934 (H.B. Sept. 1, 1985. 480, Sec. 272ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BRAZOS COUNTY). 3 (H.B. (c) A grand jury may not be impaneled in the 89th District Court unless the judge of that court calls for a grand jury by special order on the minutes of the court. 507, Sec. (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. 3.13(15), eff. 76TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (CAMP, MORRIS, AND TITUS COUNTIES). 1, eff. The judges of the courts may, in their discretion, exchange benches or districts from time to time. (4) in Sherman County on the 14th Monday after the second Mondays in January and July. September 1, 2005. (f) The district clerk or the clerk's deputy serves as clerk of the court when a district court sits in a facility designated as an auxiliary county seat and may keep all necessary books, minutes, records, and papers at the facility. EFFECT OF REAPPORTIONMENT. January 1, 2007. 398TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HIDALGO COUNTY). 3.13(15), eff. 480, Sec. 1, eff. 10, eff. (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. (b) The judge of the 452nd District Court may impanel grand juries in each county. September 1, 2007. JURISDICTION OF FAILURE TO PAY OVER CERTAIN MONEY. EL PASO COUNTY CRIMINAL JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. 24.165. Sec. 1.03(a), eff. 24.213. Its jurisdiction is concurrent with that of other district courts in the county in which it is located. 1575), Sec. (a) The 72nd Judicial District is composed of Crosby and Lubbock counties. 480, Sec. 24.369. (b) The terms of the 146th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January, April, July, and October. In Lamar County, the 6th Judicial District has concurrent jurisdiction with the 62nd Judicial District. Sec. Sept. 1, 2000. SUBCHAPTER C. JUDICIAL DISTRICTS ACT OF 1969. (c) Section 24.120, relating to the 19th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 54th District Court. About Texas Courts - Texas Courts 480, Sec. 4, eff. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. Sec. (a) The 230th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. 24.458. A case must be filed in the proper Court. 24.911. 1081, Sec. (a) The 77th Judicial District is composed of Freestone and Limestone 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. Sept. 1, 1985. 170TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MCLENNAN COUNTY). 1, eff. 797, Sec. 1329), Sec. Sec. (a) The 183rd Judicial District is composed of Harris County. September 1, 2009. 419TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TRAVIS COUNTY). The 280th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. The 267th Judicial District is composed of Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, and Victoria counties. 18TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (JOHNSON AND SOMERVELL COUNTIES). Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 954, Sec. (a) The 120th Judicial District is composed of El Paso County. (d) The Ector County sheriff or the sheriff's deputy shall attend the court as required by law or by the judge. Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. Sept. 1, 1987. The 419th Judicial District is composed of Travis County. 1, eff. 85 (S.B. The 507th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. Jan. 15, 2004. Sec. Sec. (b) The terms of the 23rd District Court begin: (1) in Matagorda County on the first Mondays in June and December, and the terms are designated the June-November and December-May terms; and. 1352 (S.B. 1189), Sec. (a) The 272nd Judicial District is composed of Brazos County. To the extent of a conflict between this subsection and a specific provision relating to a particular judicial district, this section controls. 1, eff. 290TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). 1048), Sec. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. The 425th Judicial District is composed of Williamson County. (g) The district clerk may consolidate the minutes of the district courts. (4) in Lavaca County on the first Mondays in January and June. 572 (S.B. 3774), Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 30, 1993; Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. (a) Unless otherwise provided by this subchapter, all district judges in a county are entitled to equal amounts of supplemental compensation from the county. (b) Section 24.139, relating to the 37th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 186th District Court. 24.382. 912 (S.B. 1, eff. 2.18(a), eff. 50 (H.B. (b) A district court has original jurisdiction of a civil matter in which the amount in controversy is more than $500, exclusive of interest. 1189), Sec. (a) The 24th Judicial District is composed of Calhoun, DeWitt, Goliad, Jackson, Refugio, and Victoria counties. The 311th Judicial District is composed of Harris County. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. (a) The 414th Judicial District is composed of McLennan County. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. (2) a special judge agreed on by the parties as provided by Section 24.004. 402ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (WOOD COUNTY). Sec. 1, eff. (b) The terms of the 94th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July. (e) The 424th 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.