Justices of the Peace & Constables
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Adoption of Rules for Justice Court Cases

In accordance with theActofJune29, 2011, 82nd Leg., 1stC.S., ch. 3, §§ 5.02, 5.07 (HB 79), amending section 27.060 of the Texas Government Code and abolishing the small claims court as of May 1, 2013, Rules 500-510 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure are adopted as follows, and Rules 523-591 and 737-755 of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and section 92.0563(d) of the Texas Property Code are repealed, effective May 1, 2013.

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Adopt a Legislator

Every legislative session has different challenges.  In an effort to reach out to more legislators during the 82nd Legislature, we need your help.  If you know a state representative and/or a state senator in your area and we can call upon you to make contact regarding legislation that affects justices of the peace and constables, please complete the Adopt a Legislator form and mail it to Constable Carlos Lopez.

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Constable Updates

updated 12/02/2011

Click on the links below to view Legislative Update information for Constables.

April 08, 2011 Legislative Updates April 15, 2011 Legislative Updates
April 22, 2011 Legislative Updates April 29, 2011 Legislative Updates
May 20, 2011 Legislative Updates
  May 27, 2011 Legislatve Updates
November 3, 2011 Legislative Updates December 6, 2011 Legislative Updates

 

updated 06/02/2011

 ... and the final legislative update is here attached. We here in Austin, your special correspondents reporting from the legislative trenches, truly hope these have been helpful to you! We thank you for the work you've done on the bills that mattered to JPCA, and hope to see many of you in Wichita Falls at the conference in two weeks.

 

Here are the dates and locations for the single-day TJCTC legislative updates; as always details as they become available are on the training center website: http://www.tjctc.org/Educational-Programs/justiceofthepeace/LegislativeUpdates.html

July 26 South Padre
July 29 San Marcos
August 1 Tyler (Just Constables)
August 2 Tyler (JPs and Court Personnel)
August 9  Montgomery (on Lake Conroe)
August 12 San Antonio
August 16 Corpus Christi
August 18 Granbury
August 19 Lubbock (JPs and Court Personnel)

Update 05/23/2011

Dallas Morning News Editorial

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