Tex. Gov't Code § 54.2804 · Subchapter SS. DENTON COUNTY CRIMINAL LAW MAGISTRATE COURT
POWERS AND DUTIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The criminal law magistrate court may:
(1) determine probable cause for purposes of an arrest or search;
(2) issue an order of commitment, a warrant of arrest, or an order of protection;
(3) perform the duty of a magistrate under Chapters 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18, Code of Criminal Procedure;
(4) reduce or modify a bond, find a bond ordered by another judge or magistrate to be insufficient, or require conditions of a bond;
(5) hear any motion filed in a case over which the court has jurisdiction;
(6) administer oaths; and
(7) perform an action on a proceeding referred to the magistrate under Section 54.2811.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 861 (H.B. 3474), Sec. 4.006, eff. September 1, 2023.
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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.54.htm
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