Texas Statutes
Local Government Code
Title 3 - Organization of County Government

Section 71.002. Place for Holding Terms of Courts in New County Before County Seat Is Designated - Sec. 71.002. PLACE FOR HOLDING TERMS OF COURTS IN NEW...

Subchapter B. Election for Detachment or Attachment of County Territory

Section 71.011. Application and Election - Sec. 71.011. APPLICATION AND ELECTION. (a) A part of a...

Section 71.012. Election Results - Sec. 71.012. ELECTION RESULTS. (a) The returns of each election...

Section 71.013. Subsequent Election - Sec. 71.013. SUBSEQUENT ELECTION. If the election is held in...

Subchapter C. Organization of Counties

Section 71.021. Attachment of Counties - Sec. 71.021. ATTACHMENT OF COUNTIES. (a) Until a new county...

Section 71.022. Establishment of Precincts - Sec. 71.022. ESTABLISHMENT OF PRECINCTS. (a) If a new county...

Section 71.023. Election of County Officers - Sec. 71.023. ELECTION OF COUNTY OFFICERS. (a) Before one month...

Section 71.024. Organization of Attached County - Sec. 71.024. ORGANIZATION OF ATTACHED COUNTY. On the written petition...

Section 71.025. Delivery to New Officers - Sec. 71.025. DELIVERY TO NEW OFFICERS. The officers of a...

Subchapter D. Apportionment of County Indebtedness

Section 71.031. Liability of New County - Sec. 71.031. LIABILITY OF NEW COUNTY. (a) A new county...

Section 71.032. Suit to Enforce Payment of Liability - Sec. 71.032. SUIT TO ENFORCE PAYMENT OF LIABILITY. (a) A...

Section 71.033. Tax to Pay Indebtedness - Sec. 71.033. TAX TO PAY INDEBTEDNESS. (a) If the original...

Section 71.034. Liability of Attached Territory - Sec. 71.034. LIABILITY OF ATTACHED TERRITORY. (a) If a part...

Section 71.035. County Bonds Held by School Fund - Sec. 71.035. COUNTY BONDS HELD BY SCHOOL FUND. (a) The...

Chapter 72 - County Boundaries

Section 72.001. Boundary Survey; Appointment of Surveyor - Sec. 72.001. BOUNDARY SURVEY; APPOINTMENT OF SURVEYOR. (a) If a...

Section 72.002. Notice to Adjacent County; Appointment of Additional Surveyor - Sec. 72.002. NOTICE TO ADJACENT COUNTY; APPOINTMENT OF ADDITIONAL SURVEYOR....

Section 72.003. Boundary Markers - Sec. 72.003. BOUNDARY MARKERS. (a) The initial corners of the...

Section 72.004. Duties of Surveyor; Field Notes - Sec. 72.004. DUTIES OF SURVEYOR; FIELD NOTES. (a) A surveyor...

Section 72.005. Oath and Bond of Surveyor - Sec. 72.005. OATH AND BOND OF SURVEYOR. (a) Before performing...

Section 72.006. Payment of Expenses - Sec. 72.006. PAYMENT OF EXPENSES. (a) The counties that have...

Section 72.007. Effect of Failure of Appointed Surveyor to Appear - Sec. 72.007. EFFECT OF FAILURE OF APPOINTED SURVEYOR TO APPEAR....

Section 72.008. Effect of Failure to Agree on Boundary - Sec. 72.008. EFFECT OF FAILURE TO AGREE ON BOUNDARY. (a)...

Section 72.009. Suit to Establish Boundaries - Sec. 72.009. SUIT TO ESTABLISH BOUNDARIES. (a) A county may...

Section 72.010. Suit to Establish Boundaries of and Taxes Owed to Certain Counties or Taxing Units Located in Those Counties - Sec. 72.010. SUIT TO ESTABLISH BOUNDARIES OF AND TAXES OWED...

Chapter 73 - Location of County Seat

Subchapter A. County Seat in Newly Organized County

Section 73.001. Election Requirement - Sec. 73.001. ELECTION REQUIREMENT. If a new county is organized,...

Section 73.002. Vote Required for Location - Sec. 73.002. VOTE REQUIRED FOR LOCATION. The location that receives...

Subchapter B. Relocation of County Seats

Section 73.011. Application for Relocation Election - Sec. 73.011. APPLICATION FOR RELOCATION ELECTION. (a) The county judge...

Section 73.012. Designation of Geographic Center of County - Sec. 73.012. DESIGNATION OF GEOGRAPHIC CENTER OF COUNTY. (a) On...

Section 73.013. Election Requirements - Sec. 73.013. ELECTION REQUIREMENTS. (a) A relocation election must be...

Section 73.014. Election Results; Relocation of County Seat - Sec. 73.014. ELECTION RESULTS; RELOCATION OF COUNTY SEAT. (a) Within...

Section 73.015. Subsequent Relocation - Sec. 73.015. SUBSEQUENT RELOCATION. After an election for the location...

Subtitle B - Commissioners Court and County Officers

Chapter 81 - Commissioners Court

Subchapter A. Organization and Procedure

Section 81.001. Composition, Presiding Officer - Sec. 81.001. COMPOSITION, PRESIDING OFFICER. (a) The members of the...

Section 81.002. Oath, Bond - Sec. 81.002. OATH, BOND. (a) Before undertaking the duties of...

Section 81.0025. Continuing Education - Sec. 81.0025. CONTINUING EDUCATION. (a) A county commissioner must successfully...

Section 81.003. Clerk - Sec. 81.003. CLERK. (a) The county clerk is the clerk...

Section 81.004. Seal - Sec. 81.004. SEAL. (a) The commissioners court shall have a...

Section 81.005. Terms of Court, Meetings - Sec. 81.005. TERMS OF COURT, MEETINGS. (a) At the last...

Section 81.006. Quorum; Vote Required for Tax Levy - Sec. 81.006. QUORUM; VOTE REQUIRED FOR TAX LEVY. (a) Three...

Section 81.007. Notice - Sec. 81.007. NOTICE. (a) If the commissioners court is unable...

Subchapter B. Duties and Powers

Section 81.021. Change in Precinct Boundaries - Sec. 81.021. CHANGE IN PRECINCT BOUNDARIES. (a) A commissioners court...

Section 81.022. Process - Sec. 81.022. PROCESS. (a) The commissioners court shall issue the...

Section 81.023. Contempt - Sec. 81.023. CONTEMPT. The commissioners court shall punish a person...

Section 81.024. District and County Court Seals - Sec. 81.024. DISTRICT AND COUNTY COURT SEALS. The commissioners court...

Section 81.025. County Risk Management Pool Coverage Instead of Bonds - Sec. 81.025. COUNTY RISK MANAGEMENT POOL COVERAGE INSTEAD OF BONDS....

Section 81.026. Commissioners Court Membership on Associations and Nonprofit Organizations - Sec. 81.026. COMMISSIONERS COURT MEMBERSHIP ON ASSOCIATIONS AND NONPROFIT ORGANIZATIONS....

Section 81.027. Support of Paupers - Sec. 81.027. SUPPORT OF PAUPERS. Each commissioners court may provide...

Section 81.028. Delegation of Duties of a County Judge in Counties With Population of More Than 1 - Sec. 81.028. DELEGATION OF DUTIES OF A COUNTY JUDGE IN...

Section 81.029. Delegation of Duties of a County Judge in Certain Counties - Sec. 81.029. DELEGATION OF DUTIES OF A COUNTY JUDGE IN...

Section 81.030. Testimony Before Commissioners Court - Sec. 81.030. TESTIMONY BEFORE COMMISSIONERS COURT. The commissioners court may...

Section 81.032. Acceptance of Donations and Bequests - Sec. 81.032. ACCEPTANCE OF DONATIONS AND BEQUESTS. (a) The commissioners...

Section 81.033. Power of Commissioners Court in County With No Incorporated Territory - Sec. 81.033. POWER OF COMMISSIONERS COURT IN COUNTY WITH NO...

Section 81.034. Eligibility of County With No Incorporated Territory to Participate in Municipal Assistance Programs - Sec. 81.034. ELIGIBILITY OF COUNTY WITH NO INCORPORATED TERRITORY TO...

Chapter 82 - County Clerk

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 82.001. Surety Bond and Oath of County Clerk; Self-Insurance - Sec. 82.001. SURETY BOND AND OATH OF COUNTY CLERK; SELF-INSURANCE....

Section 82.002. Surety Bond on Deputy Clerks and Employees; Self-Insurance - Sec. 82.002. SURETY BOND ON DEPUTY CLERKS AND EMPLOYEES; SELF-INSURANCE....

Section 82.003. Errors and Omissions Insurance; Contingency Fund - Sec. 82.003. ERRORS AND OMISSIONS INSURANCE; CONTINGENCY FUND. (a) The...

Section 82.004. Premiums - Sec. 82.004. PREMIUMS. The commissioners court of a county shall...

Section 82.005. Appointment, Oath, and Powers of Deputy Clerk - Sec. 82.005. APPOINTMENT, OATH, AND POWERS OF DEPUTY CLERK. (a)...

Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Powers and Duties

Section 82.051. Electronic Display of Official and Legal Notices by County Clerk - Sec. 82.051. ELECTRONIC DISPLAY OF OFFICIAL AND LEGAL NOTICES BY...

Chapter 83 - County Treasurer

Section 83.001. Election - Sec. 83.001. ELECTION. The county treasurer is elected at each...

Section 83.002. Bond - Sec. 83.002. BOND. (a) The county treasurer, before beginning to...

Section 83.003. Continuing Education - Sec. 83.003. CONTINUING EDUCATION. (a) A county treasurer must successfully...

Section 83.004. Removal From Office; Filling of Vacancy - Sec. 83.004. REMOVAL FROM OFFICE; FILLING OF VACANCY. (a) If...

Section 83.005. Appointment of Person to Act in Treasurer's Place - Sec. 83.005. APPOINTMENT OF PERSON TO ACT IN TREASURER'S PLACE....

Section 83.006. Funding of Treasurer's Office - Sec. 83.006. FUNDING OF TREASURER'S OFFICE. The commissioners court may...

Section 83.007. Statutory Reference: Function of Treasurer in County That Has Abolished Office - Sec. 83.007. STATUTORY REFERENCE: FUNCTION OF TREASURER IN COUNTY THAT...

Section 83.008. Surety Bond on Assistant Treasurers, Deputies, and Employees; Self-Insurance - Sec. 83.008. SURETY BOND ON ASSISTANT TREASURERS, DEPUTIES, AND EMPLOYEES;...

Section 83.009. Assistant Treasurer or Treasury Deputy - Sec. 83.009. ASSISTANT TREASURER OR TREASURY DEPUTY. (a) The appointment...

Chapter 84 - County Auditor

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 84.001. Effect of Reference to "District Judges"; Majority Vote Required - Sec. 84.001. EFFECT OF REFERENCE TO "DISTRICT JUDGES"; MAJORITY VOTE...

Section 84.002. Appointment of County Auditor - Sec. 84.002. APPOINTMENT OF COUNTY AUDITOR. (a) In a county...

Section 84.003. Procedure for Appointment - Sec. 84.003. PROCEDURE FOR APPOINTMENT. (a) The district judges shall...

Section 84.004. Term - Sec. 84.004. TERM. The term of office of a county...

Section 84.005. Procedure for Appointment and Term in Populous County - Sec. 84.005. PROCEDURE FOR APPOINTMENT AND TERM IN POPULOUS COUNTY....

Section 84.006. Qualifications - Sec. 84.006. QUALIFICATIONS. (a) A county auditor must be: (1)...

Section 84.007. Bond and Oath - Sec. 84.007. BOND AND OATH. (a) Before taking office and...

Section 84.008. Joint Employment of County Auditor - Sec. 84.008. JOINT EMPLOYMENT OF COUNTY AUDITOR. (a) Except as...

Section 84.0085. Continuing Education - Sec. 84.0085. CONTINUING EDUCATION. (a) During each full term of...

Section 84.009. Removal - Sec. 84.009. REMOVAL. (a) A county auditor may be removed...

Subchapter B. Assistants

Section 84.021. Assistants - Sec. 84.021. ASSISTANTS. (a) From time to time the county...

Subchapter Z. Miscellaneous Provisions

Section 84.901. Supplies - Sec. 84.901. SUPPLIES. A county auditor may purchase, at the...

Section 84.902. Auditor to Keep Certain Hospital Records in County With Population of 190,001 to 200,000 - Sec. 84.902. AUDITOR TO KEEP CERTAIN HOSPITAL RECORDS IN COUNTY...

Chapter 85 - Sheriff

Subchapter A. Sheriff and Sheriff's Personnel

Section 85.001. Oath and Bond - Sec. 85.001. OATH AND BOND. (a) A person elected as...

Section 85.0011. Qualifications - Sec. 85.0011. QUALIFICATIONS. A person is not eligible to serve...

Section 85.002. New Bond Requirement; Removal - Sec. 85.002. NEW BOND REQUIREMENT; REMOVAL. (a) If a surety...

Section 85.0025. Continuing Education - Sec. 85.0025. CONTINUING EDUCATION. (a) The Texas Commission on Law...

Section 85.003. Deputies - Sec. 85.003. DEPUTIES. (a) The appointment of a deputy sheriff...

Section 85.004. Reserve Deputies - Sec. 85.004. RESERVE DEPUTIES. (a) The commissioners court of a...

Section 85.005. Guards; Penalty - Sec. 85.005. GUARDS; PENALTY. (a) The sheriff may, with the...

Section 85.006. County Police Force in Counties of 210,000 or More - Sec. 85.006. COUNTY POLICE FORCE IN COUNTIES OF 210,000 OR...

Subchapter B. Miscellaneous Powers and Duties

Section 85.021. Execution of Process; Penalty - Sec. 85.021. EXECUTION OF PROCESS; PENALTY. (a) The sheriff shall...

Section 85.022. Execution of Legislative Process; Penalty - Sec. 85.022. EXECUTION OF LEGISLATIVE PROCESS; PENALTY. (a) The sheriff...

Section 85.023. Unfinished Business - Sec. 85.023. UNFINISHED BUSINESS. If a sheriff vacates the office...

Chapter 86 - Constable

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 86.001. Eligibility to Serve After Boundary Change - Sec. 86.001. ELIGIBILITY TO SERVE AFTER BOUNDARY CHANGE. A person...

Section 86.002. Oath; Bond - Sec. 86.002. OATH; BOND. (a) Before entering on the duties...

Section 86.0021. Qualifications; Removal - Sec. 86.0021. QUALIFICATIONS; REMOVAL. (a) A person is not eligible...

Section 86.003. New Bond; Removal - Sec. 86.003. NEW BOND; REMOVAL. (a) If any of the...

Subchapter B. Deputies

Section 86.011. Appointment of Deputy Constable - Sec. 86.011. APPOINTMENT OF DEPUTY CONSTABLE. (a) An elected constable...

Section 86.012. Reserve Deputy Constables - Sec. 86.012. RESERVE DEPUTY CONSTABLES. (a) The commissioners court of...

Subchapter C. Powers and Duties

Section 86.021. General Powers and Duties - Sec. 86.021. GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES. (a) A constable shall...

Section 86.023. Collection Liability - Sec. 86.023. COLLECTION LIABILITY. If, for collection, a constable receives...

Section 86.024. Failure to Execute Process - Sec. 86.024. FAILURE TO EXECUTE PROCESS. (a) If a constable...

Section 86.025. Unfinished Business - Sec. 86.025. UNFINISHED BUSINESS. If a constable vacates the office...

Chapter 87 - Removal of County Officers From Office; Filling of Vacancies

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 87.001. No Removal for Prior Action - Sec. 87.001. NO REMOVAL FOR PRIOR ACTION. An officer may...

Subchapter B. Removal by Petition and Trial

Section 87.011. Definitions - Sec. 87.011. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter: (1) "District attorney" includes...

Section 87.012. Officers Subject to Removal - Sec. 87.012. OFFICERS SUBJECT TO REMOVAL. The district judge may,...

Section 87.013. General Grounds for Removal - Sec. 87.013. GENERAL GROUNDS FOR REMOVAL. (a) An officer may...

Section 87.014. Grounds: Failure to Give Bond - Sec. 87.014. GROUNDS: FAILURE TO GIVE BOND. A county officer...

Section 87.015. Petition for Removal - Sec. 87.015. PETITION FOR REMOVAL. (a) A proceeding for the...

Section 87.016. Citation of Officer - Sec. 87.016. CITATION OF OFFICER. (a) After a petition for...

Section 87.017. Suspension Pending Trial; Temporary Appointee - Sec. 87.017. SUSPENSION PENDING TRIAL; TEMPORARY APPOINTEE. (a) After the...

Section 87.018. Trial - Sec. 87.018. TRIAL. (a) Officers may be removed only following...

Section 87.019. Appeal - Sec. 87.019. APPEAL. (a) Either party to a removal action...

Subchapter C. Removal by Criminal Conviction

Section 87.031. Immediate Removal - Sec. 87.031. IMMEDIATE REMOVAL. (a) The conviction of a county...

Section 87.032. Appeal; Suspension - Sec. 87.032. APPEAL; SUSPENSION. If the officer appeals the judgment,...

Subchapter D. Filling of Vacancies

Section 87.041. Vacancies Filled by Appointment of Commissioners Court - Sec. 87.041. VACANCIES FILLED BY APPOINTMENT OF COMMISSIONERS COURT. (a)...

Section 87.042. County Commissioner Vacancy - Sec. 87.042. COUNTY COMMISSIONER VACANCY. (a) Except as provided by...

Section 87.043. Temporary Absence in Office of County Judge in Certain Counties - Sec. 87.043. TEMPORARY ABSENCE IN OFFICE OF COUNTY JUDGE IN...

Chapter 88 - Official Bonds of County Officers and Employees

Section 88.001. Certain Bonds Payable to County Judge; Custody of Bonds - Sec. 88.001. CERTAIN BONDS PAYABLE TO COUNTY JUDGE; CUSTODY OF...

Section 88.002. Application of Surety to Terminate Liability on Bond - Sec. 88.002. APPLICATION OF SURETY TO TERMINATE LIABILITY ON BOND....

Section 88.003. Notice to Officer of Surety's Application - Sec. 88.003. NOTICE TO OFFICER OF SURETY'S APPLICATION. (a) The...

Section 88.004. Officer to Stop Exercising Functions of Office - Sec. 88.004. OFFICER TO STOP EXERCISING FUNCTIONS OF OFFICE. On...

Section 88.005. Officer Who Fails to Give New Bond Vacates Office - Sec. 88.005. OFFICER WHO FAILS TO GIVE NEW BOND VACATES...

Section 88.006. New Bond; Discharge of Former Sureties - Sec. 88.006. NEW BOND; DISCHARGE OF FORMER SURETIES. If an...

Section 88.007. New Bond Required by Commissioners Court - Sec. 88.007. NEW BOND REQUIRED BY COMMISSIONERS COURT. (a) A...

Section 88.008. Self-Insurance Instead of Bond - Sec. 88.008. SELF-INSURANCE INSTEAD OF BOND. (a) Notwithstanding any other...

Chapter 89 - General Provisions Relating to County Administration

Section 89.001. Special Counsel in Populous Counties - Sec. 89.001. SPECIAL COUNSEL IN POPULOUS COUNTIES. (a) The commissioners...

Section 89.002. State Association of Counties - Sec. 89.002. STATE ASSOCIATION OF COUNTIES. (a) The commissioners court...

Section 89.003. Central Mailing System in Counties With Population of More Than One Million - Sec. 89.003. CENTRAL MAILING SYSTEM IN COUNTIES WITH POPULATION OF...

Section 89.004. Presentation of Claim - Sec. 89.004. PRESENTATION OF CLAIM. (a) Except as provided by...

Section 89.0041. Notice of Suit Against County - Sec. 89.0041. NOTICE OF SUIT AGAINST COUNTY. (a) A person...

Section 89.005. Jurors and Witnesses - Sec. 89.005. JURORS AND WITNESSES. In a suit brought by...

Section 89.006. Satisfaction of Judgment - Sec. 89.006. SATISFACTION OF JUDGMENT. The commissioners court shall settle...

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Texas Statutes Local Government Code Title 3 - Organization of County Government

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Title 3 - Organization of County Government