Texas Government Code

§ 24.010 — JURISDICTION OF FAILURE TO PAY OVER CERTAIN MONEY

GV § 24.010Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Part A. COURTS · Ch. 24. DISTRICT COURTS · Art. A. GENERAL PROVISIONS

Statute text

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

(2)motions against attorneys for money collected by them and not paid over.

Legislative history

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