WAIVER OF JURISDICTION AND TRANSFER TO JUVENILE COURT (Sec. 51.08(b), (f), F.C.)
CAUSE NUMBER: _______________
STATE OF TEXAS
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IN THE MUNICIPAL COURT
VS.
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CITY OF __________________
_____________________
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__________COUNTY, TEXAS
Defendant's Birth Date: _______________
TO:
Juvenile Court
____________________________
____________________________
Pursuant to Section 51.08, Family Code, the Municipal Court referenced above waives its jurisdiction in the case set out and
transfers the case to the Juvenile Court named. The case was not transferred to the Municipal Court by the Juvenile Court, nor is it a
case alleging a traffic violation. The case does allege an offense classified as a misdemeanor punishable by fine only or violation of
city ordinance other than traffic.
The records of this Municipal Court show of this Defendant:
No prior case filed
Docket Number: _____________________________________________
No prior conviction
Offense: ___________________________________________________
One previous conviction
Punishment Assessed: _________________________________________
Two previous convictions
Final Disposition: _____________________________________________
Dismissal under Sec. 51.08(b)(1)(A), F.C.
Dismissal under Sec. 8.08, P.C.
Docket Number: _____________________________________________
Offense: ______________________________________________________
Punishment Assessed: _________________________________________
Final Disposition: _____________________________________________
(Check only what is applicable. Add as many prior convictions as your records show except traffic or tobacco offenses.)
The following marked documents are enclosed to effect this waiver of Municipal Court jurisdiction and transfer of the case to the
Juvenile Court.
Citation
Appearance Bond
Complaint
Order Dismissing Complaint for Child with
Magistrate's Warning Certificate
Mental Illness, Disability, or Lack of Capacity
Juvenile Confession/Voluntary
Other: ________________________________________________________
Statement Warnings
______________________________________________________________
Waiver of Rights by a Juvenile
______________________________________________________________
Magistrate's Certification and
Acknowledgment of Voluntary
Statement of Juvenile
Signed and entered this _____ day of _______________, 20___.
(municipal court seal)
_________________________________________
Judge, Municipal Court
City of ___________________________________
_____________________________County, Texas
Editor’s Note: Check only those items that are available in a particular case. Not every case will have every item. In transferring the case, the
Municipal Court should send all original papers to the Juvenile Court, but it should keep copies in its own case file. A Municipal Court that
implements a juvenile case manager under Article 45.054, C.C.P., may—but is not required to—waive its original jurisdiction, except in sexting
cases against children. Sec. 51.08(b)(1)(A), F.C. Under Sec. 51.08(f), F.C., transfer is mandatory if the complaint alleges a non-traffic offense against
a child and this court or another court has previously dismissed a complaint against the defendant child under Sec. 8.08, P.C. for lack of capacity.
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