{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-24.016","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 24.016","heading":"APPOINTED COUNSEL.","body":"A district judge may appoint counsel to attend to the cause of a party who makes an affidavit that he is too poor to employ counsel to attend to the cause.\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#24.016","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"c69c076dc1060310b4531c85a170adbfa4f529ecaebc03b05706beec8e7826c3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-24.015","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-24.017"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}