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Frio County's four justices of the peace agree, as a standing order that renews every five days until rescinded, to exchange benches whenever convenient — covering magistration at the county jail, persons charged with crimes or brought before a justice, capias pro fine arrests under Code of Criminal Procedure art. 45.045, holding court for another justice on request, and inquest duties.
Applies to the Justice Courts of Frio County, Precincts 1–4 (any signatory justice may sit for another). Posted on the county's Justice of the Peace page as page 2 of the file that also carries the 81st/218th District Courts' felony-release standing order (page 1, the signed April 21, 2023 order, published separately as the Frio County edition from TOPICs 1341). Procedural information only; not legal advice.
[This registered file contains two instruments; both transcribed in order.] IN THE 81ST & 218TH JUDICAL DISTRICT COURTS FRIO | KARNES | LASALLE | WILSON COUNTY, TEXAS STANDING ORDER REGARDING RELEASE ON BAIL OF DEFENDANT CHARGED WITH FELONY OFFENSE COMMITTED WHILE ON BAIL FOR FELONY OFFENSE FINDINGS The District Courts of Atascosa, Frio, Karnes, LaSalle and Wilson County, Texas, 81st and 218th Judicial Districts (hereinafter jointly referred to as "the Courts") find: 1. The Legislature has recently made significant changes to the statutes regarding bail; 2. It is necessary to make this order, to comply with the changes to the bail bonding procedures, in Atascosa, Frio, Karnes, La Salle and Wilson County, Texas; and, 3. Pursuant to Art. 17.027, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, a defendant charged with a felony offense, while on bail for a felony offense, both offenses alleged to have been committed in the same county, the defendant may be released on bail only by: a. the court before whom the case for the previous offense is pending; b. or another court designated in writing by the court described by Finding ¶ (3)(a). ORDER It is hereby ORDERED that: 1. For any defendant described in Art. 17.027, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, on bail for, or charged with, murder, may be magistrated, and bail set by, only by a District or County Court at Law Judge of that county; and, 2. For any defendant described in Art. 17.027, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, EXCEPT those described in Order (1), a District or County Court at Law Judge, Justice of the Peace, or Municipal Judge, of that county, may magistrate and set bail. IT IS SO ORDERED. SIGNED ON APRIL 21 [handwritten], 2023. [signature] Judge Jennifer M. Dillingham, 81st District Court [signature] Judge Russell Wilson, 218th District Court BENCH EXCHANGE AGREEMENT OF JUSTICES OF THE PEACE OF FRIO COUNTY, TEXAS (Section 27.054, Texas Government Code) Pursuant to Texas Government Code Sec. 27.054, the four Justices of the Peace in Frio County, Texas; Judge Shanna Gates of Pct. 1, Judge Sandra Waldrum of Pct.2, Judge Susana Ruiz-Belding of Pct. 3, and Judge Jack Proctor of Pct. 4; hereby agree to exchange benches as a standing order, to exchange whenever convenient. This order shall automatically renew every five days until rescinded. This agreement specifically includes: a. Magistration duties at the Frio County Jail; b. Persons charged with a crime or who are otherwise brought before a Justice; c. Persons arrested pursuant to a capias pro fine and brought to a Justice in accordance with Article 45.045 of the Code of Criminal Procedure; and d. Holding court for any other Justice at the request of that Justice. e. Inquest duties. Date: January 1 [handwritten], 2023 at 1:00 [handwritten] a.m./p.m. [p.m. circled] [signature] Judge Shanna Gates, Pct. 1 [signature] Judge Sandra Waldrum, Pct. 2 [signature] Judge Susana Ruiz-Belding, Pct. 3 [signature] Judge Jack Proctor, Pct. 4 Justices of the Peace in Frio County, TX
[This registered file contains two instruments; both transcribed in order.] IN THE 81ST & 218TH JUDICAL DISTRICT COURTS FRIO | KARNES | LASALLE | WILSON COUNTY, TEXAS STANDING ORDER REGARDING RELEASE ON BAIL OF DEFENDANT CHARGED WITH FELONY OFFENSE COMMITTED WHILE ON BAIL FOR FELONY OFFENSE FINDINGS The District Courts of Atascosa, Frio, Karnes, LaSalle and Wilson County, Texas, 81st and 218th Jud
Reviewer note: Composed 2026-09-08 by vision-lane transcription of the image-only posting (custody sha c4eae75c…, two pages: page 1 is the district courts' signed April 21, 2023 felony-release order, already published from TOPICs 1341; page 2 is this agreement; the print's "of Pct.," without the precinct number kept as printed). Four signers, all current — no single-judge join. [TRANSCRIBED BY EYE 2026-09-21 (corpus-0920 P12): every page of the registered file (sha256 c4eae75cc413..., 2 page(s), image-only scan; the OCR layer used as a typing base and corrected word by word from the page) read against the rendered file; verbatim, source typos kept, stamps/signatures bracketed; the earlier abstract replaced by the full instrument; confidence high. benchpath-tx-corpus0920-p12-2026-09-21]
9 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-10.
6 verbatim requirements from 4th Circuit Administrative Order 1997-13.