{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-25.00221","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 25.00221","heading":"VISITING JUDGE TO TAKE OATH; RECORD.","body":"(a) This section applies to the assignment of a retired or former judge as a visiting judge of a statutory probate court under Section 25.0022.\n(b) A person who is a retired or former judge shall, before accepting an assignment as a visiting judge of a statutory probate court, take the oath of office required by the constitution and file the oath with the presiding judge of the statutory probate courts.\n(c) The presiding judge shall maintain a file containing the oaths of office filed with the judge under Subsection (b).\n(d) A retired or former judge may be assigned as a visiting judge of a statutory probate court only if the judge has filed with the presiding judge an oath of office as required by this section.\n(e) When a retired or former judge is appointed as a visiting judge, the clerk shall enter in the administrative file as a part of the proceedings in the cause a record that gives the visiting judge's name and shows that:\n(1) the judge of the court was disqualified, absent, or disabled to try the cause;\n(2) the visiting judge was appointed; and\n(3) the oath of office prescribed by law for a retired or former judge who is appointed as a visiting judge was duly administered to the visiting judge and filed with the presiding judge.\n(f) \"Administrative file\" means a file kept by the court clerk for the court's administrative orders and assigned a cause number.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 960, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 469, Sec. 2, 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. COURTS","CHAPTER 25. STATUTORY COUNTY COURTS","SUBCHAPTER B. GENERAL PROVISIONS RELATING TO STATUTORY PROBATE COURTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.25.htm#25.00221","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"ff6dd7d791cf49d74cf3b3eb58ee06efb47a0dfa2d35a302fd0dbbf12fbddc66","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-25.002201","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-25.00222"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}