Texas Statutes
Title 3 - Organization of County Government
Subtitle A - Organization of Counties

Chapter 71 - Creation of Counties

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Section 71.001. Corporate and Political Body - Sec. 71.001. CORPORATE AND POLITICAL BODY. A county is a...

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...