Tex. Gov't Code § 25.0026 · Subchapter B. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO STATUTORY PROBATE COURTS
POWERS AND DUTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A statutory probate court or its judge may issue writs of injunction, mandamus, sequestration, attachment, garnishment, certiorari, supersedeas, and all writs necessary for the enforcement of the jurisdiction of the court. It may issue writs of habeas corpus in cases in which the offense charged is within the jurisdiction of the court or any court of inferior jurisdiction in the county.
(b) A statutory probate court or its judge may punish for contempt as prescribed by general law.
(c) The judge of a statutory probate court has all other powers, duties, immunities, and privileges provided by law for county court judges.
(d) The judge of a statutory probate court has no authority over the county's administrative business that is performed by the county judge.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 394, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 26, 1991; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 746, Sec. 7, eff. Oct. 1, 1991.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.25.htm
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