Tex. Elec. Code § 17.007 · Chapter 17. JUDICIAL REVIEW

SCOPE OF REVIEW.

Verbatim from the official edition

Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

(a) Review by the district court under this chapter is by trial de novo.

(b) The district court shall try all issues of fact and law raised by the pleadings in the manner applicable to civil suits generally.

(c) The court may not admit in evidence the fact of prior action by the registrar, except to the extent necessary to establish its jurisdiction.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/EL/htm/EL.17.htm
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