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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Government Code § 54.1173: QUALIFICATIONS.

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  1. GOVERNMENT CODE
  2. TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH
  3. SUBTITLE D. JUDICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICIALS
  4. CHAPTER 54. MASTERS; MAGISTRATES; REFEREES; ASSOCIATE JUDGES
  5. SUBCHAPTER W. MAGISTRATES IN CERTAIN COUNTY COURTS

A magistrate must be at least 25 years of age.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 137, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Renumbered from Government Code, Section 54.1153 by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 23.001(27), eff. September 1, 2005.

Amended by:

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 305 (S.B. 664), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:16Z. Source file · JSON

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