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Appointments to Office; County, District, and Criminal District Attorneys; County Attorneys; Words and Phrases

JC-0191

Texas Attorney General Opinion

De facto officer doctrine, actions in office of county attorney who was ineligible to be county attorney because of residency requirement may be valid under|County attorney who was appointed but later found to be ineligible because of residency requirement, in order to be valid reappointment must be made with same formality when candidate is eligible|Invalid appointment of county attorney may generally be challenged only under quo warranto doctrine|Appointment

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