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The lowest court level in Texas is the Justice of the Peace Court (also called Justice Court or JP Court). Each county has at least one JP Court. [16] Sections 18 and 19 of Article V, as well as Chapters 27 and 28 of the Texas Government Code, outline the duties of these Courts and their officers.
Fred G. Rodriguez: [80] First Hispanic American male to serve as the (Criminal) District Attorney of Bexar County, Texas (1987) Tommy Calvert: [81] First African American male to serve on the Commissioners Court for Bexar County, Texas (2014) Peter Sakai: [82] First Asian American male judge in Bexar County, Texas (2023)
Harris County, the state's most populous, is home to 60 district courts - each one covering the entire county. While district courts can exercise concurrent jurisdiction over an entire county, and they can and do share courthouses and clerks to save money (as allowed under an 1890 Texas Supreme Court case), each is still legally constituted as ...
After statehood, Texas county courthouses kept their powers. [2] The counties of Texas were often first served by a tree, tent, or another building before judicial functions moved into a log cabin or dugout. [3] During the later 19th century, most county courthouses were simple wooden or stone two-story rectangular buildings. [4]
There are two to eight precincts per Texas county. 2. Constables (and the justice of the peace, and county commissioners) are elected by these precincts and they must provide bailiffs for the Justice Court(s) in their precinct. 3. They can also serve civil process in any precinct in their county and any contiguous county to their home county.
On Tuesday, the county judge and commissioners in Bexar County, which includes San Antonio, approved a contract with a vendor to mail the unsolicited forms to approximately 210,000 people, with ...