Tex.
Gov't Code Section 25.0362
Cass County Court at Law Provisions
(a)
In addition to the jurisdiction provided by Section 25.0003 (Jurisdiction) and other law and except as limited by Subsection (b), a county court at law in Cass County has the jurisdiction provided by the constitution and by general law for district courts, including concurrent jurisdiction in:(1)
misdemeanor cases;(2)
arraignments, pleas, and pre-trial motions for felony cases;(3)
trials for felony cases transferred from a district court in Cass County to the county court at law on agreement of the county court at law judge;(4)
family law cases and proceedings, including juvenile matters; and(5)
appeals from justice courts and from the county court in misdemeanor cases.(b)
A county court at law does not have jurisdiction of:(1)
misdemeanors involving official misconduct;(2)
suits on behalf of the state to recover penalties or escheated property;(3)
contested elections;(4)
suits in which the county is a party; or(5)
felony cases involving capital murder.(c)
Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., 1st C.S., Ch. 3, Sec. 4.50(a)(18), eff. January 1, 2012.(d)
The district clerk serves as clerk of a county court at law except that the county clerk serves as clerk of a county court at law in probate matters.(e)
Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1301, Sec. 13(4), eff. October 1, 2007.(f)
Except as otherwise provided by this subsection, a jury in a county court at law shall be composed of six members except as provided by the constitution, Section 25.0007 (Juries; Practice and Procedure)(c), or other law. Failure to object before a six-member jury is seated and sworn constitutes a waiver of a 12-member jury. In matters in which the constitution or other law does not require a 12-member jury and the county court at law has concurrent jurisdiction with the district court, the jury may be composed of 12 members if a party to the suit requests a 12-member jury. In a civil case tried in a county court at law, the parties may, by mutual agreement, agree to try the case with any number of jurors and have a verdict rendered and returned by the vote of any number of those jurors that is less than the total number of jurors.(g)
In matters of concurrent jurisdiction, a judge of a county court at law and a judge of a district court in Cass County may transfer cases between the courts in the same manner that judges of district courts may transfer cases under Section 24.003 (Transfer of Cases; Exchange of Benches).(h)
The judge of a county court at law in Cass County is entitled to a budget for travel and continuing education in an amount that is at least equal to the amount budgeted to the county judge for travel and continuing education.
Source:
Section 25.0362 — Cass County Court at Law Provisions, https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.25.htm#25.0362 (accessed Jun. 5, 2024).
