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Nueces County Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2, Place 1. Jo Woolsey (incumbent) Status: In primary. Occupation: Justice of the Peace, Precinct 2, Place 1.
In the U.S. state of Texas, a constable is an elected law enforcement officer for a precinct of a county. Counties may have between one and eight precincts each depending on their population. The constables are provided for in the Texas Constitution of 1876 (Article 5, Section 18). The term of office for Texas constables is four years.
A JP in a large precinct in a large county will work 5 days a week, 8 or more hours daily. Their duties will include, but are not necessarily limited to the following: trials of civil matters, both to a 6-person jury and to the bench, with an amount in controversy not exceeding $20,000.00.
For counties with populations 50,000 or greater, the number of JP precincts shall be no less than four nor more than eight. In any county with population less than 150,000, if any precinct contains a city with 18,000 or more population, that precinct shall have two JP's.
Feb. 14—The Progress has reached out to candidates in contested races on the March 1 Primary ballot. In this final installment, questions posed to candidates for Precinct 2 Justice of the Peace ...
Candidates have until 6 p.m. Monday, Dec. 11 to file for the March 5 primary. ... TARRANT COUNTY COMMISSIONER PRECINCT 1. Michael Barber, Republican, Retired. Mia Hall, Democrat, Public School ...
Counties lacking township government. Of the 102 counties in the state of Illinois, 17 are divided into minor civil divisions known as precincts. [1] The 261 [citation needed] such precincts in Illinois are listed below.
Place 2 Kevin Jewell Republican 2016 ... As of 2020 all elected county offices are represented by Republicans with the retirement of the Precinct 5 Constable Cecil. ...