{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-24.004","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 24.004","heading":"SPECIAL JUDGE BY AGREEMENT OF PARTIES.","body":"If the parties agree on a special judge for the trial of a particular case, the clerk shall enter in the minutes of the court, as a part of the proceedings in the case, a record showing:\n(1) that the judge of the court is disqualified to try the case;\n(2) the name of the special judge and that the parties agreed on the selection of that judge for the trial of the case; and\n(3) that the oath prescribed by law was administered to the special judge.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. COURTS","CHAPTER 24. DISTRICT COURTS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.24.htm#24.004","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"15a18174863503d9843699eca26890277939720337e5d5a780c35d92b48c6675","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-24.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-24.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}