{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-25.2652","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 25.2652","heading":"JUDGE.","body":"(a) The judge is elected by the qualified voters of the counties at the election at which other statutory probate 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 the 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 composing the court.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 409, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. COURTS","CHAPTER 25. STATUTORY COUNTY COURTS","SUBCHAPTER E. MULTICOUNTY STATUTORY PROBATE COURTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.25.htm#25.2652","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"096432d0aad657286f33167252c89cb83d116be33b63e099882feb65b0ab7306","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-25.2651","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-25.2653"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}