Texas Government Code

§ 24.105 — 5TH JUDICIAL DISTRICT (BOWIE AND CASS COUNTIES)

GV § 24.105Title 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH · Part A. COURTS · Ch. 24. DISTRICT COURTS · Art. B. CERTAIN JUDICIAL DISTRICTS

Statute text

(a)The 5th Judicial District is composed of Bowie and Cass counties.

(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.

(c)In Bowie County, the 5th Judicial District has concurrent jurisdiction with the 102nd Judicial District. Either court, in term or in vacation, may transfer a pending civil or criminal case to the other court by an order entered on the minutes of the transferring court.

(d)The terms of the 5th District Court begin:

(1)in Bowie County on the first Mondays in January and July; and

(2)in Cass County on the first Mondays in February, May, August, and November.

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Legislative history

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1012, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.