Mitzi M. French

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• Listed in the Texas State Directory and has been recognized as a public official in Kerr County.
• Also featured on, providing voters with information about her biography, issue stances, and endorsements for election purposes.
• Additionally, she may perform marriages and serve as a coroner in areas without a medical examiner.
• Actively involved in the local judicial system, and her docket includes hearings and trials for various civil and criminal cases, such as debt collection and traffic matters.
• Judge Mitzi French is the Justice of the Peace for Precinct 1 in Kerr County, Texas, a position in which she presides over local legal matters and serves as the closest judicial authority to the community.
• She also performs magistrate duties, conducts inquests, and can issue warrants for search and arrest.
• As a Justice of the Peace, Judge French has original jurisdiction in misdemeanor criminal cases and certain civil matters, meaning she can accept cases at their inception, conduct hearings, and issue judgments based on the law and facts.
• Her court also functions as a small claims court for civil disputes not exceeding $20,000, although in Kerr County, her civil jurisdiction is capped at $10,000.
• Her court handles traffic violations, Class C misdemeanors punishable by fines, civil cases with disputes up to $10,000, landlord-tenant issues, and truancy cases.