Tex. Const. art. V, § 23 · Article 5. JUDICIAL DEPARTMENT
SHERIFFS.
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Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
There shall be elected by the qualified voters of each county a Sheriff, who shall hold his office for the term of four years, whose duties, qualifications, perquisites, and fees of office, shall be prescribed by the Legislature, and vacancies in whose office shall be filled by the Commissioners Court until the next general election.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Feb. 15, 1876. Amended Nov. 2, 1954, and Nov. 2, 1993.)
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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- 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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