Tex. Gov't Code § 24.428 · Subchapter C. JUDICIAL DISTRICTS ACT OF 1969
251ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (POTTER AND RANDALL COUNTIES).
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The 251st Judicial District is composed of Potter and Randall counties.
(b) The 251st District Court may hear and determine, in any county in the district convenient for the court, all preliminary or interlocutory matters in which a jury may not be demanded, in any case pending in any county in the district regardless of whether the case was filed in the county in which the hearing is held. Unless there is an objection filed by a party to the suit, the 251st District Court may hear, in any county in the district convenient for the court, any nonjury case pending in any county in the district, including divorces, adoptions, default judgments, and matters in which citation was by publication, regardless of whether the case was filed in the county in which the hearing is held.
(c) Section 24.149, relating to the 47th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 251st District Court.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.
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