Tex. Const. art. V, § 1 · Article 5. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
JUDICIAL POWER VESTED IN COURTS; LEGISLATIVE POWER REGARDING COURTS.
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
The judicial power of this State shall be vested in one Supreme Court, in one Court of Criminal Appeals, in Courts of Appeals, in District Courts, in County Courts, in Commissioners Courts, in Courts of Justices of the Peace, and in such other courts as may be provided by law.
The Legislature may establish such other courts as it may deem necessary and prescribe the jurisdiction and organization thereof, and may conform the jurisdiction of the district and other inferior courts thereto.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Feb. 15, 1876. Amended Aug. 11, 1891, Nov. 8, 1977, and Nov. 4, 1980.)
Source of truth
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- Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CN/htm/CN.5.htm
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- 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
Cited by 6 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Const. art. V, § 1. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
The Texas Constitution
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 21.009DEFINITIONS.Printed as Article V, Section 1, of the Texas Constitution
- Tex. Gov't Code § 21.013CONFIDENTIALITY OF JUDICIAL WORK PRODUCT; CRIMINAL OFFENSE.Printed as Section 1, Article V, Texas Constitution
- Tex. Gov't Code § 25A.002CREATION.Printed as Section 1, Article V, Texas Constitution
Texas Rules of Judicial Administration
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