Tex. Gov't Code § 27.052 · Subchapter C. CONDUCTING COURT AND INQUESTS

VACANCY OR ABSENCE.

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

If the office of justice of the peace is vacant in a precinct or if the justice is absent or unable or unwilling to perform his duties, the nearest justice in the county may temporarily perform the duties of the office.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.27.htm
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Rules of Administration of the Justice Courts of Victoria County (adopted December 29, 2011 under Gov't Code § 27.061; effective January 1, 2012)

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