{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-54.2809","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 54.2809","heading":"JUDICIAL IMMUNITY.","body":"A criminal law magistrate court associate judge, a jail magistrate, and each other magistrate in the criminal law magistrate court has the same judicial immunity as a district judge.\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#54.2809","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"7dc927ffc777a49f4f77f3dd7947fb752c3e2583c5d127fc6fb8d91988682f39","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-54.2808","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-54.2810"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}