Tex. Codes » Local Government Code · TITLE 3. ORGANIZATION OF COUNTY GOVERNMENT · SUBTITLE B. COMMISSIONERS COURT AND COUNTY OFFICERS · CHAPTER 87. REMOVAL OF COUNTY OFFICERS FROM OFFICE; FILLING OF VACANCIES
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Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 87.031 (2026)

Immediate Removal

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Sec. 87.031. IMMEDIATE REMOVAL. (a) The conviction of a county officer by a petit jury for any felony or for a misdemeanor involving official misconduct operates as an immediate removal from office of that officer.

(b) The court rendering judgment in such a case shall include an order removing the officer in the judgment.

(c) For purposes of Subsection (a), "a misdemeanor involving official misconduct" includes a misdemeanor under Section 39.07, Penal Code.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 149, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

Amended by:

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 4 (S.B. 4), Sec. 5.01, eff. September 1, 2017.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 7 cases, 1999–2014 · leading case: In re Guerra, 235 S.W.3d 392 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2007).
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In re Guerra, 235 S.W.3d 392 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2007). · cites it 3× “See TEX. LOC. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 87.031 (Vernon 1999).”
United States v. Jesus Martin Caicedo-Cuero, 312 F.3d 697 (5th Cir. 2002). “Tex. Loc. Gov't Code Ann. § 87.031 (a) (Vernon 1995).”
Perez v. State, 11 S.W.3d 218 (Tex. Crim. App. 2000). “See Tex. Loc. Gov't Code Ann. § 87.031 . The Legislature set out in the Code of Criminal Procedure that anyone convicted of, or under indictment or legal accusation for, theft or any felony, is absolutely disqualified from jury service, shall not be impaneled on a jury, and is…”
Lipscomb v. Randall, 985 S.W.2d 601 (Tex. App.—Fort Worth 1999). “V, § 24 (Vernon 1993); TEX. LOC. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 87.031 (Vernon 1988).”
In re Juan Angel Guerra, Dist. & Cnty. Attorney for Willacy Cnty., State of Texas, No. 13-07-00165-CV (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi Sept. 21, 2007). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Loc. Gov't Code Ann. § 87.031 (Vernon 1999).”
Derick Dewayne Evans v. State, No. 05-12-01179-CR (Tex. App.—Dallas Jan. 31, 2014). · cites it 2× “TEX. Loc. GOVT CODE ANN. § 87.031 (West 2008).”
Sebastian Benjamin Mastrangelo v. State, No. 09-05-00337-CR (Tex. App.—Beaumont Apr. 4, 2007). “at 331 (construing Tex. Loc. Gov't Code Ann. § 87.031 (a) (Vernon 1999) ("The conviction of a county officer by a petit jury for any felony or for a misdemeanor involving official misconduct operates as an immediate removal from office of that officer.”
Tex. Loc. Gov't Code § 87.031(a): 1 case
In re Guerra, 235 S.W.3d 392 (Tex. App.—Corpus Christi 2007). “See TEX. LOC. GOV'T CODE ANN. § 87.031 (Vernon 1999).”
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