Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 151.002 · Chapter 151. TRIAL BY SPECIAL JUDGE
MOTION FOR REFERRAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Each party to the action must file in the court in which the case is filed a motion that:
(1) requests the referral;
(2) waives the party's right to trial by jury;
(3) states the issues to be referred;
(4) states the time and place agreed on by the parties for the trial; and
(5) states the name of the special judge, the fact that the special judge has agreed to hear the case, and the fee the judge is to receive as agreed on by the parties.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 167, Sec. 3.16(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.151.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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