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CLOSEST TO THE PEOPLE

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The Texas Court structure consists of three levels: trial, appellate and supreme. In the December 2022 publication, The Texas Court System, available in the Dee J. Kelly Law Library at Texas A&M University School of Law reported that at the trial court level, there are more than 450 district courts, over 500 county courts, and 800-plus Justice of the Peace courts. Municipal courts, perhaps the closest to the people, number approximately 950 with 1,286 judges.