Tex. Gov't Code § 53.035 · Subchapter C. BAILIFFS IN BEXAR COUNTY
DUTIES.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A bailiff acts in the name of his principal and may perform all official acts that the county sheriff may perform.
(b) A bailiff shall attend each session of the court to which he is appointed and perform the official duties performed by sheriffs and deputies in the district courts of this state, including serving process, subpoenas, warrants, and writs. A bailiff shall also perform services requested by the judge.
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.53.htm
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- sha256 3667466927669002cc9ea64b171c5c541de669c783347bf416c9ebe1fd3cad76
- 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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