{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-21.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 21.005","heading":"DISQUALIFICATION.","body":"A judge or a justice of the peace may not sit in a case if either of the parties is related to him by affinity or consanguinity within the third degree, as determined under Chapter 573.\nAdded by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 2.01(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 561, Sec. 21, eff. Aug. 26, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.95(28), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. COURTS","CHAPTER 21. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.21.htm#21.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"ac458aaf981400096343fb2472beeee42d18f083c230e3cb6032a77996ed030b","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-21.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-21.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}