{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-25.0027","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 25.0027","heading":"JURIES; PRACTICE AND PROCEDURE.","body":"The drawing of jury panels, selection of jurors, and practice in the statutory probate courts must conform to that prescribed by law for county courts, except that practice, procedure, rules of evidence, issuance of process and writs, juries, including the number of jurors provided the parties to a proceeding may agree to try a particular case with fewer than 12 jurors, and all other matters pertaining to the conduct of trials and hearings in the statutory probate courts involving those matters of concurrent jurisdiction with district courts are governed by the laws and rules pertaining to district courts.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 391, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 26, 1991.\nAmended by:\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 521 (S.B. 626), Sec. 68, eff. September 1, 2021.\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 576 (S.B. 615), Sec. 28, eff. September 1, 2021.","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#25.0027","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"af23988098ebe6a7e4701c30ea107169bb7b730de1df37cc4df22ad4f5ce4386","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-25.0026","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-25.0029"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}