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Salary
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Location
78207, TX
Job Type
2D Judges PT
Job Number
2025-00936
Department
Municipal Court Judge
Opening Date
04/11/2025
Closing Date
5/21/2025 11:59 PM Central
Grant Funded
No
FLSA Status
Exempt
Job Summary
The City of San Antonio Municipal Court is now accepting applications for part-time Municipal Court Judge. Municipal Court Judges perform judicial duties as a municipal judge for the Municipal Courts of San Antonio. The judge acts in the interpretation, application, and enforcement of local ordinances and applicable State laws. The judge shall perform these duties by presiding over the municipal court sessions (including pre-trials, trials, hearings, and other judicial proceedings) and functioning as a magistrate in accordance with the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 15.17, to include issuing administrative search warrants.
Various hours are required based on court schedule and include (but are not limited to) overnight hours, weekends, and holidays when performing magistrate duties.
Appointments for this position will be for the remainder of an unexpired two-year term, expiring April 30, 2026.
Compensation for this position is set by City Council.
Essential Job Functions
Judges are responsible for the following:
- Presiding over jury trials, non-jury trials, and plea hearings.
- Administering oaths and affirmations, including oaths to jurors and to persons filing complaints with the court.
- Granting continuances in cases where sufficient cause is shown that a case should be postponed.
- Ruling on motions for new trials.
- Entering the proceedings of each trial in the judge's docket.
- Assessing punishment for contempt of court charges.
- Conducting driver's license suspension hearings under the Safety Responsibility Act.
- Performing magistrate duties pursuant to Art. 15.17 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
- Issuing summons, administrative search warrants, and arrest warrants in cases filed in Municipal Court.
- Issuing Fugitive Warrants and Mental Health Warnings.
- Granting Orders of Emergency Protection, Blood Draw Warrants, Juvenile Admonishments, and Orders for Emergency Detention.
- Reviewing probable cause affidavits and search warrants for all ranges of criminal offenses.
Job Requirements
- United States citizenship.
- Licensed attorney in good standing.
- Two (2) or more years of experience practicing law in Texas.
- Three (3) or more years of residency in the City of San Antonio immediately preceding appointment date.
- Applicants for this position must pass a Criminal Justice Information Systems (CJIS) fingerprint-based background check and maintain CJIS eligibility. Due to CJIS requirements related to system access, the following will result in being disqualified for this position: Felony Convictions, Felony Deferred Adjudication, Class A & B Misdemeanor Deferred Adjudication, Class B Misdemeanor Convictions, an Open Arrest for Any Criminal Offense (Felony or Misdemeanor), and Family Violence Convictions.
SPECIAL INSTRUCTIONS - the following items must be attached to your online application:
Notarization of the Authorization documents must be completed prior to attaching to your online application.
Employer: City of San Antonio
Address: Human Resources Department
San Antonio, Texas, 78205
Phone210-207-8705
Website: http://www.sanantonio.gov/HR/CareerCenter.aspx
