Sec. 24.030. LOCATION OF COURT. (a) A district court shall sit in the county seat for a jury trial in a civil case. The commissioners court of the county may authorize a district court to sit in any municipality within the county to hear and determine nonjury trials in civil cases and to hear and determine motions, arguments, and other matters not heard before a jury in a civil case that is within the court's jurisdiction.
(b) The district clerk or the clerk's deputy serves as clerk of the court when a court sits in a municipality other than the municipality that is the county seat and may transfer:
(1) all necessary books, minutes, records, and papers to that municipality while the court is in session there; and
(2) the books, minutes, records, and papers back to the clerk's office in the county seat at the end of each session.
(c) If the commissioners court authorizes a district court to sit in a municipality other than the municipality that is the county seat, the commissioners court shall provide suitable facilities for the court in that municipality.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3 (H.B. 79), Sec. 3.04, eff. January 1, 2012.
Structure Texas Statutes
Subchapter A. General Provisions
Section 24.001. Age Qualification of Judges
Section 24.002. Assignment of Judge or Transfer of Case on Recusal
Section 24.003. Transfer of Cases; Exchange of Benches
Section 24.004. Special Judge by Agreement of Parties
Section 24.006. Salary of Special Judge
Section 24.008. Other Jurisdiction
Section 24.009. Jurisdictional Amount if Parties Properly Join in One Suit
Section 24.010. Jurisdiction of Failure to Pay Over Certain Money
Section 24.012. Terms and Sessions of Court
Section 24.0125. Terms and Sessions of Court Following Certain Disasters
Section 24.015. Procedure at Special Term
Section 24.016. Appointed Counsel
Section 24.017. Proceedings in Multicounty Districts
Section 24.018. Certain Effect of District Reorganization
Section 24.019. Expenses of District Judge
Section 24.020. Jurisdiction Over Commissioners Court
Section 24.022. Effect of Transfer of Certain Cases Following Creation of Additional Court
Section 24.023. Obligations; Bonds
Section 24.024. Filing and Docketing Cases
Section 24.025. Supplemental Compensation
Section 24.026. Appointment of Initial Judge
Section 24.027. Grand and Petit Jurors
Section 24.028. Cases Transferred
Section 24.029. Processes, Writs, and Other Obligations Remain Valid
Section 24.030. Location of Court
Section 24.031. Court Officers
Section 24.033. Location of Proceedings Following Certain Disasters
Section 24.034. Assignment of Cases in District Courts in Hidalgo County