{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-87.012","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 87.012","heading":"OFFICERS SUBJECT TO REMOVAL.","body":"The district judge may, under this subchapter, remove from office:\n(1) a district attorney;\n(2) a county attorney;\n(3) a county judge;\n(4) a county commissioner;\n(5) a county clerk;\n(6) a district clerk;\n(7) a district and county clerk;\n(8) a county treasurer;\n(9) a sheriff;\n(10) a county surveyor;\n(11) a county tax assessor-collector;\n(12) a constable;\n(13) a justice of the peace;\n(14) a member of the board of trustees of an independent school district; and\n(15) a county officer, not otherwise named by this section, whose office is created under the constitution or other law of this state.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 37 (H.B. 328), Sec. 4, eff. May 19, 2009.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 508 (S.B. 122), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2013.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 3. ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT","SUBTITLE B. COMMISSIONERS COURT AND COUNTY OFFICERS","CHAPTER 87. REMOVAL OF COUNTY OFFICERS FROM OFFICE; FILLING OF VACANCIES","SUBCHAPTER B. REMOVAL BY PETITION AND TRIAL"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.87.htm#87.012","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"69a1150284a35cd4c53e3f3ed1de532cf789f8014207f9d4fa9cf9550429b726","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-87.011","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-87.013"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}