Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 30.008 · Chapter 30. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
DEMAND FOR JURY TRIAL IN JUSTICE COURT; FAILURE TO APPEAR.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A justice court may order a party who demands a jury trial in a justice court and who fails to appear for the trial to pay the costs incurred for impaneling the jury.
(b) The justice court may release a party from the obligation to pay costs under this section for good cause.
(c) An order issued by a justice court under this section may be enforced by contempt as prescribed by Section 21.002(c), Government Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 122, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Renumbered from Civil Practice and Remedies Code Sec. 30.007 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 31.01(4), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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