Tex. Fam. Code § 51.045 · Chapter 51. GENERAL PROVISIONS
JURIES IN COUNTY COURTS AT LAW.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If a provision of this title requires a jury of 12 persons, that provision prevails over any other law that limits the number of members of a jury in a particular county court at law. The state and the defense are entitled to the same number of peremptory challenges allowed in a district court.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 385, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.51.htm
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- sha256 e601008bb7cbc74032934f98338ab5548aa6c8ab36d0bce2204fc8f9e7785297
- 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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