Tex. Const. art. V, § 15 · Article 5. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
COUNTY COURT; COUNTY JUDGE.
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
There shall be established in each county in this State a County Court, which shall be a court of record; and there shall be elected in each county, by the qualified voters, a County Judge, who shall be well informed in the law of the State; shall be a conservator of the peace, and shall hold his office for four years, and until his successor shall be elected and qualified. He shall receive as compensation for his services such fees and perquisites as may be prescribed by law.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Feb. 15, 1876. Amended Nov. 2, 1954.)
Source of truth
- Edition
- 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
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