A magistrate must be at least 25 years of age.

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 137, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Renumbered from Government Code, Section 54.1153 by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 23.001(27), eff. September 1, 2005.

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 305 (S.B. 664), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.