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County Officers - Specific; Commissioner/County Judge; Courts and Judges; Justice; Death and Decedents

JC-0083

Texas Attorney General Opinion

Inquest, county judge may not conduct|Inquest, no one but justice of the peace who serves precinct where the body was found (or temporary justice) may conduct

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