{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-26.016","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 26.016","heading":"RECORD.","body":"When a visiting judge is appointed, the clerk shall enter in the minutes 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) in addition to any oath previously taken, the oath of office prescribed by law for the visiting judge, including a person who is a retired, former, or active judge, was duly administered to the visiting judge.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 456, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 782, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1388, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. COURTS","CHAPTER 26. CONSTITUTIONAL COUNTY COURTS","SUBCHAPTER B. APPOINTMENT OF VISITING JUDGE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.26.htm#26.016","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"19c49d0e74065a06d6cabdf05b1d8f92a21497ce602544087e6e9919537d794d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-26.015","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-26.017"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}