Texas District Courts

Texas District Courts are the trial courts of general jurisdiction in Texas. "The geographical area served by each court is established by the Legislature, but each county must be served by at least one district court. In sparsely populated areas of the State, several counties may be served by a single district court, while an urban county may be served by many district courts."[1] The district courts often have concurrent jurisdiction with the Texas county courts.

District courts have one judge per court.[2]

## Jurisdiction[edit]

"District courts have original jurisdiction in all felony criminal cases, divorce cases, cases involving title to land, election contest cases, civil matters in which the amount in controversy (the amount of money or damages involved) is $200 or more, and any matters in which jurisdiction is not placed in another trial court. While most district courts try both criminal and civil cases, in the more densely populated counties the courts may specialize in civil, criminal, juvenile, or family law matters."[1]

## District courts list[edit]

List of Texas counties

Click the letters below to see the Texas district courts listed by county.[3]

# A[edit]

* Anderson: District 3, District 87, District 349, and District 369
* Andrews: District 109
* Angelina: District 159 and District 217
* Aransas: District 36, District 156 and District 343

* Archer: District 97
* Armstrong: District 47
* Atascosa: District 81 and District 218
* Austin: District 155

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# B[edit]

Bexar: District 37, District 45, District 57, District 73, District 131, District 144, District 150, District 166, District 175, District 186, District 187, District 224, District 225, District 226, District 227, District 285, District 288, District 289, District 290, District 379, District 386, District 399, District 407, District 408, District 436, District 437, and District 438

* Bailey: District 287
* Bandera: District 198
* Bastrop: District 21, District 335 and District 423
* Baylor: District 50
* Bee: District 36, District 156 and District 343
* Bell: District 27, District 146, District 169, District 264 and District 426
* Blanco: District 33 and District 424
* Borden: District 132
* Bosque: District 220

* Bowie: District 5, District 102 and District 202
* Brazoria: District 149, District 239, District 300, District 412, and District 461
* Brazos: District 85, District 272 and District 361
* Brewster: District 394
* Briscoe: District 110
* Brooks: District 79
* Brown: District 35
* Burleson: District 21 and District 335
* Burnet: District 33 and District 424

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# C[edit]

Cameron: District 103, District 107, District 138, District 197, District 357, District 404, District 444 and District 445

Collin: District 199, District 219, District 296, District 366, District 380, District 401, District 416, District 417, District 429, District 468, District 469, District 470, District 471, District 493, and District 494

* Caldwell: District 22, District 207 and District 421
* Calhoun: District 24, District 135 and District 267
* Callahan: District 42
* Camp: District 76 and District 276
* Carson: District 100
* Cass: District 5
* Castro: District 64 and District 242
* Chambers: District 253 and District 344
* Cherokee: District 2 and District 369
* Childress: District 100
* Clay: District 97
* Cochran: District 286
* Coke: District 51

* Coleman: District 42
* Collingsworth: District 100
* Colorado: District 25
* Comal: District 22, District 207, District 274 and District 433
* Comanche: District 220
* Concho: District 119
* Cooke: District 235
* Coryell: District 52 and District 440
* Cottle: District 50
* Crane: District 109
* Crockett: District 112
* Crosby: District 72
* Culberson: District 205 and District 394

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# D[edit]

Dallas: District 14, District 44, District 68, District 95, District 101, District 116, District 134, District 160, District 162, District 191, District 192, District 193, District 194, District 195, District 203, District 204, District 254, District 255, District 256, District 265, District 282, District 283, District 291, District 292, District 298, District 301, District 302, District 303, District 304, District 305, District 330, and District 363

Denton: District 16, District 158, District 211, District 362, District 367, District 393, District 431, District 442, District 462, District 467, District 477, and District 481

* Dallam: District 69
* Dawson: District 106
* Deaf Smith: District 222
* Delta: District 8 and District 62
* De Witt: District 24, District 135 and District 267

* Dickens: District 110
* Dimmit: District 293 and District 365
* Donley: District 100
* Duval: District 229

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# E[edit]

El Paso: District 34, District 41, District 65, District 120, District 168, District 171, District 205, District 210, District 243, District 327, District 346, District 383, District 384, District 388, District 409, and District 448

* Eastland: District 91
* Ector: District 70, District 161, District 244, District 358 and District 446
* Edwards: District 452
* Ellis: District 40, District 378 and District 443
* Erath: District 266

# F[edit]

* Falls: District 82
* Fannin: District 336
* Fayette: District 155
* Fisher: District 32
* Floyd: District 110

* Foard: District 46
* Fort Bend: District 240, District 268, District 328, District 387, District 400, District 434, District 458, District 501, District 502, and District 505
* Franklin: District 8 and District 62
* Freestone: District 77 and District 87
* Frio: District 81 and District 218

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# G[edit]

* Gaines: District 106
* Galveston: District 10, District 56, District 122, District 212, District 306 and District 405
* Garza: District 106
* Gillespie: District 216
* Glasscock: District 118
* Goliad: District 24, District 135 and District 267

* Gonzales: District 25
* Gray: District 31 and District 223
* Grayson: District 15, District 59, and District 397
* Gregg: District 124, District 188 and District 307
* Grimes: District 12 and District 506
* Guadalupe: District 25 and District 274

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# H[edit]

Harris: District 11, District 55, District 61, District 80, District 113, District 125, District 127, District 129, District 133, District 151, District 152, District 157, District 164, District 165, District 174, District 176, District 177, District 178, District 179, District 180, District 182, District 183, District 184, District 185, District 189, District 190, District 208, District 209, District 215, District 228, District 230, District 232, District 234, District 245, District 246, District 247, District 248, District 257, District 262, District 263, District 269, District 270, District 280, District 281, District 295, District 308, District 309, District 310, District 311, District 312, District 313, District 314, District 315, District 333, District 334, District 337, District 338, District 339, District 351, District 482, District 486, District 487, District 488, District 495, District 496, District 497, and District 507

Hidalgo: District 92, District 93, District 139, District 206, District 275, District 332, District 370, District 389, District 398, District 430, District 449, and District 464

* Hale: District 64 and District 242
* Hall: District 100
* Hamilton: District 220
* Hansford: District 84
* Hardeman: District 46
* Hardin: District 88 and District 356
* Harrison: District 71
* Hartley: District 69
* Haskell: District 39
* Hays: District 22, District 207, District 274, District 428, and District 453
* Hemphill: District 31

* Henderson: District 3, District 173 and District 392
* Hill: District 66
* Hockley: District 286
* Hood: District 355
* Hopkins: District 8 and District 62
* Houston: District 3 and District 349
* Howard: District 118
* Hudspeth: District 205 and District 394
* Hunt: District 196 and District 354
* Hutchinson: District 84 and District 316

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# I[edit]

* Irion: District 51

# J[edit]

Jefferson: District 58, District 60, District 136, District 172, District 252, District 279 and District 317

* Jack: District 271
* Jackson: District 24, District 135 and District 267
* Jasper: District 1 and District 1-A
* Jeff Davis: District 394

* Jim Hogg: District 229
* Jim Wells: District 79
* Johnson: District 18, District 249 and District 413
* Jones: District 259

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# K[edit]

* Karnes: District 81 and District 218
* Kaufman: District 86 and District 422
* Kendall: District 451
* Kenedy: District 105
* Kent: District 39
* Kerr: District 198 and District 216

* Kimble: District 452
* King: District 50
* Kinney: District 63
* Kleberg: District 105
* Knox: District 50

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# L[edit]

* Lamar: District 6 and District 62
* Lamb: District 154
* Lampasas: District 27
* La Salle: District 81 and District 218
* Lavaca: District 25
* Lee: District 21 and District 335
* Leon: District 87, District 278, and District 369
* Liberty: District 75 and District 253

* Limestone: District 77 and District 87
* Lipscomb: District 31
* Live Oak: District 36, District 156 and District 343
* Llano: District 33 and District 424
* Loving: District 143
* Lubbock: District 72, District 99, District 137, District 140, District 237, and District 364
* Lynn: District 106

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# M[edit]

* McCulloch: District 452
* McLennan: District 19, District 54, District 74, District 170 and District 414
* McMullen: District 36, District 156 and District 343
* Madison: District 12 and District 278
* Marion: District 115 and District 276
* Martin: District 118
* Mason: District 452
* Matagorda: District 23 and District 130
* Maverick: District 293 and District 365
* Medina: District 454

* Menard: District 452
* Midland: District 142, District 238, District 318, District 385 and District 441
* Milam: District 20
* Mills: District 35
* Mitchell: District 32
* Montague: District 97
* Montgomery: District 9, District 221, District 284, District 359, District 410, District 418, District 435, and District 457
* Moore: District 69
* Morris: District 76 and District 276
* Motley: District 110

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# N[edit]

* Nacogdoches: District 145 and District 420
* Navarro: District 13
* Newton: District 1 and District 1-A

* Nolan: District 32
* Nueces: District 28, District 94, District 105, District 117, District 148, District 214, District 319, and District 347

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# O[edit]

* Ochiltree: District 84
* Oldham: District 222
* Orange: District 128, District 163 and District 260

# P[edit]

* Palo Pinto: District 29
* Panola: District 123
* Parker: District 43 and District 415
* Parmer: District 287

* Pecos: District 83 and District 112
* Polk: District 258 and District 411
* Potter: District 47, District 108, District 181, District 251 and District 320
* Presidio: District 394

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# R[edit]

* Rains: District 8 and District 354
* Randall: District 47, District 181 and District 251
* Reagan: District 112
* Real: District 38
* Red River: District 6 and District 102
* Reeves: District 143

* Refugio: District 24, District 135 and District 267
* Roberts: District 31
* Robertson: District 82
* Rockwall: District 382, District 439
* Runnels: District 119
* Rusk: District 4

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# S[edit]

* Sabine : District 1 and District 273
* San Augustine: District 1 and District 273
* San Jacinto: District 258 and District 411
* San Patricio: District 36, District 156 and District 343
* San Saba: District 33 and District 424
* Schleicher: District 51
* Scurry: District 132
* Shackelford: District 259
* Shelby: District 123 and District 273

* Sherman: District 69
* Smith: District 7, District 114, District 241 and District 321
* Somervell: District 18 and District 249
* Starr: District 229 and District 381
* Stephens: District 90
* Sterling: District 51
* Stonewall: District 39
* Sutton: District 112
* Swisher: District 64 and District 242

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# T[edit]

* Tarrant: District 17, District 48, District 67, District 96, District 141, District 153, District 213, District 231, District 233, District 236, District 297, District 322, District 323, District 324, District 325, District 342, District 348, District 352, District 360, District 371, District 372, District 396, District 432, and District 485

* Travis: District 53, District 98, District 126, District 147, District 167, District 200, District 201, District 250, District 261, District 299, District 331, District 345, District 353, District 390, District 403, District 419, District 427, District 450, District 459, and District 460

* Taylor: District 42, District 104, District 326 and District 350
* Terrell: District 63 and District 83
* Terry: District 121
* Throckmorton: District 39

* Titus: District 76 and District 276
* Tom Green: District 51, District 119, District 340 and District 391
* Trinity: District 258 and District 411
* Tyler: District 1-A and District 88

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# U[edit]

* Upshur: District 115
* Upton: District 112
* Uvalde: District 38

# V[edit]

* Val Verde: District 63 and District 83
* Van Zandt: District 294
* Victoria: District 24, District 135, District 267 and District 377

# W[edit]

* Walker: District 12 and District 278
* Waller: District 506
* Ward: District 143
* Washington: District 21 and District 335
* Webb: District 49, District 111, District 341, and District 406
* Wharton: District 23 and District 329
* Wheeler: District 31
* Wichita: District 30, District 78 and District 89

* Wilbarger: District 46
* Willacy: District 197
* Williamson: District 26, District 277, District 368, District 395, District 425, District 480, and District 512
* Wilson: District 81 and District 218
* Winkler: District 109
* Wise: District 271
* Wood: District 402

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# Y[edit]

* Yoakum: District 121
* Young: District 90

# Z[edit]

* Zapata: District 49
* Zavala: District 293 and District 365

## District judges[edit]

### Terms and qualifications[edit]

District judges in Texas are selected via the partisan election method and serve four-year terms. The qualifications to serve as a district judge are:

* Be a citizen of U.S. and of Texas
* Aged 25 to 74
* Resident of the district for at least 2 years
* A practicing lawyer or judge, or both combined, for at least 4 years [4]

### Judicial salaries[edit]

Effective December 1, 2005, the Texas State Legislature amended statutes relating to the compensation of state judges. District judges receive a base salary of $125,000 annually, with potential additional compensation that may raise salaries up to $173,000 annually.[5]

## See also[edit]

* Courts in Texas
* Texas counties
* Judicial selection in Texas

## External links[edit]

* Texas Courts Online, "Court Structure of Texas"
* Texas Courts Online, "Texas Courts a Descriptive Summary"
* Texas Courts Online, "Trial Courts and Jurisdiction by County"
* Texas Courts Online, "Complexities in the Geographical Jurisdictions of District Courts As of January 2011"

## Footnotes[edit]

1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 Texas Courts Online, "District Courts," accessed September 3, 2014
2. ↑ Texas Judicial Branch, "Court Structure of Texas," accessed August 20, 2020
3. ↑ Texas Courts Online, "Court Structure of Texas," accessed September 3, 2014
4. ↑ Texas Courts Online, "Judicial Qualifications, Selection and Terms of Office," accessed September 3, 2014
5. ↑ Texas Courts Online, "Salaries of Elected State Judges," accessed September 3, 2014

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