Tex. Gov't Code § 27.059 · Subchapter C. CONDUCTING COURT AND INQUESTS
JUSTICE OF THE PEACE SEAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioners court shall furnish to each justice of the peace a seal that has a star with five points in the center. The seal must also have "Justice Court, __________ County, Texas" and any applicable precinct number on it.
(b) The seal may be attached to all process other than subpoenas issued out of the justice court and may be used to authenticate the official acts of the justice clerk and the justice of the peace.
(c) The seal may be affixed by a seal press or stamp that embosses or prints the seal.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 747, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991. Renumbered from Sec. 27.058 by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 1st C.S., ch. 14, Sec. 8.01(12), eff. Nov. 12, 1991.
Source of truth
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- 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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