Texas Government Code 27.051 – Terms of Court; Place for Holding Court
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(a) Each justice shall hold a term of court for civil business once each month and may transact such business out of termtime as is authorized by law.
(b) Each justice shall hold the regular term of court at the justice’s office at times prescribed by the commissioners court. The commissioners court shall set the time and place for holding justice court.
Terms Used In Texas Government Code 27.051
- Adjourn: A motion to adjourn a legislative chamber or a committee, if passed, ends that day's session.
- Justice: when applied to a magistrate, means justice of the peace. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Month: means a calendar month. See Texas Government Code 312.011
- Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005
- Trial: A hearing that takes place when the defendant pleads "not guilty" and witnesses are required to come to court to give evidence.
(c) A justice may hold court from day to day until all business is disposed of or may adjourn the court or trial of a case to a particular day.
(d) If the regular term does not begin on the day set by law, the court is considered adjourned until its next regular term.
(e) If the justice precinct in which the courthouse is located has more than 75,000 inhabitants, the commissioners court shall provide and furnish a suitable place in the courthouse for the justice of that precinct to hold court.
(f) A justice of the peace of a precinct in a county with a population of less than 30,000 may hold court in the county courthouse or another facility provided under § 292.002(a), Local Government Code, for that purpose. If requested by the justice, the commissioners court of the county may provide and furnish a suitable place in the courthouse or another facility provided under § 292.002(a), Local Government Code, for the justice to hold court.