{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-27.033","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 27.033","heading":"OTHER POWERS.","body":"A justice of the peace may:\n(1) exercise jurisdiction over other matters cognizable before a justice of the peace under any law of this state; and\n(2) proceed with all unfinished business of the office as if the business had been originally begun before that justice.\nActs 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 480, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. COURTS","CHAPTER 27. JUSTICE COURTS","SUBCHAPTER B. JURISDICTION AND POWERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.27.htm#27.033","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"6b98bfa321074928e8bc4a0c0cbe981f0a187d3a6b59094945b5bcd735dac3f4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-27.032","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-27.034"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}