{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-85.023","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 85.023","heading":"UNFINISHED BUSINESS.","body":"If a sheriff vacates the office for any reason, all unfinished business shall be transferred to the succeeding sheriff and completed in the same manner as if the successor had begun the business.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 3. ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE B. COMMISSIONERS COURT AND COUNTY OFFICERS","CHAPTER 85. SHERIFF","SUBCHAPTER B. MISCELLANEOUS POWERS AND DUTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.85.htm#85.023","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"3fed901177cf502213c146fb98c798c60fc21468d988e3246fecd309aa5647df","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-85.022","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-85.024"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}