{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-54.2804","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 54.2804","heading":"POWERS AND DUTIES.","body":"The criminal law magistrate court may:\n(1) determine probable cause for purposes of an arrest or search;\n(2) issue an order of commitment, a warrant of arrest, or an order of protection;\n(3) perform the duty of a magistrate under Chapters 14, 15, 16, 17, and 18, Code of Criminal Procedure;\n(4) reduce or modify a bond, find a bond ordered by another judge or magistrate to be insufficient, or require conditions of a bond;\n(5) hear any motion filed in a case over which the court has jurisdiction;\n(6) administer oaths; and\n(7) perform an action on a proceeding referred to the magistrate under Section 54.2811.\nAdded by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 861 (H.B. 3474), Sec. 4.006, eff. September 1, 2023.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE D. JUDICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICIALS","CHAPTER 54. MASTERS; MAGISTRATES; REFEREES; ASSOCIATE JUDGES","SUBCHAPTER SS. DENTON COUNTY CRIMINAL LAW MAGISTRATE COURT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.54.htm#54.2804","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"8d9bf49d87e8dcc92e335df5bd82e51f84fa6777d799c9dcc57cbb7b0fb2bd0e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-54.2803","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-54.2805"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}