Sec. (d) In all suits, actions, and proceedings, it is sufficient for the address or designation to be "District Court of Jefferson County.". 411TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (POLK, SAN JACINTO, AND TRINITY COUNTIES). Sept. 1, 2001. (b) The terms of the 31st District Court begin: (1) in Gray County on the first Mondays in January and July; (2) in Hemphill County on the second Monday in April and the first Monday in November; (3) in Lipscomb County on the fourth Monday in March and the second Monday in September; (4) in Roberts County on the second Monday in March and the fourth Monday in August; and. 1575), Sec. 1951), Sec. A district judge may issue a restraining order or injunction that is returnable to any other district court. Sec. Sec. Sec. 24.217. Sec. Sec. June 16, 2015. 18, eff. The court shall implement the statewide electronic court filing system to assist a party in electronic filing. 24.446. (a) A family district court has the jurisdiction and power provided for district courts by the constitution and laws of this state. PROCESSES, WRITS, AND OTHER OBLIGATIONS REMAIN VALID. 891), Sec. Sec. (b) The 245th District Court shall give preference to family law matters. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1059 (H.B. 272ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BRAZOS COUNTY). (c) The terms of the 42nd District Court begin: (1) in Callahan County on the first Mondays in January and July; (2) in Coleman County on the first Mondays in January and July; and. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. (5) in Hall County on the first Mondays in February and September. The 416th Judicial District is composed of Collin County. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 14, eff. 24.008. (b) In addition to other jurisdiction provided by law, the district court in Baylor, Cottle, King, and Knox Counties has the civil and criminal jurisdiction of a county court. 185TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). Aug. 30, 1993. 4(a), eff. (g) Section 24.105, relating to the 5th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 202nd District Court. (b) Section 24.112, relating to the 11th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 152nd District Court. 1, eff. 269TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). 4, eff. 24.510. 934 (H.B. 480, Sec. 79), Sec. (d) The judge of the 62nd District Court is not required to impanel a grand jury in that court in any county of the district unless the judge considers it necessary. (d) Section 24.106, relating to the 6th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 102nd District Court in Red River County. 480, Sec. Sec. 99TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (LUBBOCK COUNTY). (2) motions against attorneys for money collected by them and not paid over. (b) The 47th District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the 181st District Court in Randall and Potter counties. 480, Sec. The 211th Judicial District is composed of Denton County. 423RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BASTROP COUNTY). 1, eff. 30TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (WICHITA COUNTY). 290TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BEXAR COUNTY). The terms are designated the January-July and July-January terms. Sec. (a) The 371st Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County. June 17, 2015. 5(c), eff. 1352 (S.B. 24.273. The district court may hear and determine: (1) motions against sheriffs and other officers of the court for failure to pay over money collected under the process of the court or other defalcation of duty in connection with the process; and. 480, Sec. (a) The 478th Judicial District is composed of Bell County. If the counties that compose a judicial district or the time or place for holding terms of a district court are changed by law: (1) the process and writs issued from the district court and made returnable to a term of court fixed by the law at the time of the issuance are returnable to the next term of the court as fixed by the amended law and are as legal and valid as if they were made returnable to the term of the court as fixed by the amended law; (2) the grand and petit jurors selected or drawn under the prior law in any county in the judicial district are lawfully selected or drawn for the next term of the district court of the county as fixed by the amended law; and. (a) The 255th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County. (b) The 15th and 59th judicial districts have concurrent jurisdiction in Grayson County. Sept. 1, 1985. Unless there is an objection filed by a party to the suit, the 181st District Court may hear, in any county in the district convenient for the court, any nonjury case pending in any county in the district, including divorces, adoptions, default judgments, and matters in which citation was by publication, regardless of whether the case was filed in the county in which the hearing is held. Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 3, Sec. 1, eff. (b) In addition to other jurisdiction provided by law, each district court in Glasscock County has the civil jurisdiction of a county court. 24.147. (a) The 153rd Judicial District is composed of Tarrant County. 332ND JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HIDALGO COUNTY). 24.530. 24.157. (b) The terms of the 105th District Court begin: (1) in Kenedy County on the first Mondays in June and December; (2) in Kleberg County on the first Mondays in April and October; and. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. Sec. (f) In Webb County, the clerk of the district courts shall file all civil cases on the Clerk's Civil File Docket and shall number the cases consecutively. 24.475. Jan. 1, 1997. 3.13(17), eff. (a) The 124th Judicial District is composed of Gregg County. Sept. 1, 1985. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. (a) The 368th Judicial District is composed of Williamson County. 405TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (GALVESTON COUNTY). 610 (H.B. (a-1) The term of the 47th District Court in Armstrong County begins on the first Monday in January. 1, eff. 8, eff. 24.271. 24.166. Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 24.181. Sec. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. (c) The terms of the 103rd District Court begin on the first Mondays in February and July. 397TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (GRAYSON COUNTY). Sec. Sec. (c), (d) Repealed by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 24.109. (b) Each special judge is entitled to receive for each day served as a special judge the same daily salary that a district judge receives. (c) Section 24.115, relating to the 14th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 95th District Court. (b) The 202nd District Court shall give preference to criminal cases. June 19, 2009. 1, eff. (a) The Tarrant County Criminal Judicial District No. DALLAS COUNTY CRIMINAL JUDICIAL DISTRICT NO. (2) in Lubbock County on the second Mondays in February and August. (f) The district clerk or the clerk's deputy serves as clerk of the court when a district court sits in a facility designated as an auxiliary county seat and may keep all necessary books, minutes, records, and papers at the facility. 39TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HASKELL, KENT, STONEWALL, AND THROCKMORTON COUNTIES). 2.03(a), eff. 24.256. June 19, 2009. (b) The 297th District Court shall give preference to criminal cases. (e) All contested divorce cases, all default judgments, and all cases in which any of the parties are cited by publication must be tried in the county in which the case is filed unless other law authorizes the case to be tried in another county. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. January 1, 2012. 111TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (WEBB COUNTY). Each term continues until the court has disposed of the business for that term. (d) Section 24.116, relating to the 15th District Court, contains provisions applicable to both that court and the 59th District Court. 24.187. (a) The 403rd Judicial District is composed of Travis County. (b) The terms of the 167th District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July. 912 (S.B. Aug. 28, 1989. 385TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (MIDLAND COUNTY). 9(l), eff. The 38th Judicial District is composed of Real and Uvalde counties. 24.156. (a) The 279th Judicial District is composed of Jefferson County. Sec. 21(2), eff. 235TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (COOKE COUNTY). 541 (S.B. 344TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (CHAMBERS COUNTY). 125TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (HARRIS COUNTY). (c) The jurisdiction of the 202nd District Court in Bowie County is concurrent and coextensive with the 5th and 102nd district courts. Sept. 1, 2001. Sept. 1, 1990. 24.591. Sec. (2) in Wharton County on the first Mondays in July and January, and the terms are designated the July-December and January-June terms. Sec. (f) The court terms continue until and including the Saturday immediately before the Monday on which the next term will convene. 469TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (COLLIN COUNTY). 1, eff. Sec. Sec. (a) The 43rd Judicial District is composed of Parker County. (2) a regional review committee composed of three members who are a county judge, a county attorney, a county commissioner or a county sheriff, each appointed by the member of the house of representatives of this state who represents the counties in the judicial district. Sec. 24.363. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 271ST JUDICIAL DISTRICT (JACK AND WISE COUNTIES). 233RD JUDICIAL DISTRICT (TARRANT COUNTY). The 369th Judicial District is composed of Anderson, Cherokee, and Leon counties. (c) Repealed by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. (b) The jurisdiction of the 273rd District Court is concurrent with the jurisdiction of the other district courts in Sabine, San Augustine, and Shelby counties. (c) Except for Subsection (b), which applies only to the 14th District Court, this section applies to the 14th, 44th, 68th, 95th, 101st, 116th, 134th, 160th, and 162nd district courts, the Criminal Judicial District of Dallas County, and the Criminal Judicial Districts Nos. (b-1) The 19th District Court has concurrent jurisdiction with the county court and the statutory county courts of McLennan County in misdemeanor cases as well as the jurisdiction prescribed by general law for district courts. 1306, Sec. 3, eff. Each district court may hold as many sessions of court in each county each year as the judge considers expedient. (b) In addition to other jurisdiction provided by law, each district court in Bowie and Cass counties has the civil and criminal jurisdiction of a county court. 934 (H.B. The court shall give preference to criminal cases. 114TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (SMITH COUNTY). Sec. 50TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BAYLOR, COTTLE, KING, AND KNOX COUNTIES). 1, eff. 606 (S.B. The 439th Judicial District is composed of Rockwall County. Sec. October 1, 2022. 1, eff. Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. (a) The 175th Judicial District is composed of Bexar County. 24.425. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. The 470th District Court shall hear family law matters. 810, Sec. May 14, 2007. Sec. 24.203. 2(10), eff. Aug. 28, 1989. (d) The terms of the 5th District Court begin: (1) in Bowie County on the first Mondays in January and July; and. 722. (a) The 142nd Judicial District is composed of Midland County. Sec. 3(a), eff. 24.200. September 1, 2005. (c) The terms of the 92nd District Court begin on the first Mondays in January and July. 72 (H.B. 2454), Sec. 580 (S.B. The terms are designated the January-July and July-January terms. (d) Notwithstanding Section 24.030, a district court in Chambers County may sit in a suitable facility outside the county seat if the facility is designated by the commissioners court as an auxiliary county seat, as provided by Section 292.031, Local Government Code. 1337, Sec. 1 begin on the third Mondays in April and September and the first Mondays in January, July, and November. 24.269. (a) The 95th Judicial District is composed of Dallas County. 3, Sec. (a) A family district court judge's qualifications and term of office are the same as those prescribed by the constitution and laws of this state for district judges. Sec. Sec. 1342 (S.B. Sec. January 1, 2022. (c) The jurisdiction of the 276th District Court is concurrent with the jurisdiction of the 115th District Court in Marion County and with the 76th District Court in Camp, Morris, and Titus counties.