COUNTY JUDGE

Duties and Responsibilities of the County Judge

The Texas Constitution vests broad judicial and administrative powers in the position of county judge, who presides over a five-member commissioner’s court, which has budgetary and administrative authority over county government operations. The county judge handles such widely varying matters as:

• Hearings for beer and wine license applications
• Calling elections
• Posting election notices
• Receiving and canvassing election returns
• Head of civil defense, disaster relief.

My goal with this website is to give you access to and information about your county government. You are a big part of that process, and I encourage your input - in writing or by e-mail. And please feel free to visit our offices at the County Courthouse complex to see your tax dollars at work.

Greg Sowell

County Judge

2019 Rules of Procedure, Conduct and Decorum at Meetings of the Nacogdoches County Commissioners Court