{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-25.2602","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 25.2602","heading":"JUDGE.","body":"(a) The judge is elected by the qualified voters of the counties at the election at which other statutory county court judges are elected.\n(b) The judge must be:\n(1) at least 25 years of age;\n(2) a resident of one of the counties; and\n(3) a licensed attorney in this state who has practiced law or served as a judge of a court in this state, or both combined, for the four years preceding election or appointment.\n(c) The judge is entitled to be paid an annual salary set by a vote of a majority of the total number of county judges and commissioners of the commissioners courts of the counties. The salary shall be apportioned among the counties according to the ratio a county's population bears to the total population of the counties comprising the court.\nAdded by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 746, Sec. 64, eff. Oct. 1, 1991.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. COURTS","CHAPTER 25. STATUTORY COUNTY COURTS","SUBCHAPTER D. MULTICOUNTY STATUTORY COUNTY COURTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.25.htm#25.2602","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"76818a97d72f637bb115adc0f6ac881a019dc77a98eeae2ab8a729cdd927216d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-25.2601","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-25.2603"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}