---
title: "Sharon South Varner | KnowJudges"
canonical: "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sharon-south-varner"
page_type: "judge_profile"
updated: "2026-07-27"
---

# Sharon South Varner

Bandera Municipal Court · Municipal Judge

## Profile

- Court: Bandera Municipal Court
- State: Texas
- Role: Municipal Judge
- Service status: active
- Last verified: 2026-07-27

## Summary

Official statewide and applicable court procedural guidance applies to this judge.

## Before you appear

- Read the judge-specific standing order first when one is listed.
- Check the docket and case orders for requirements that supersede broader guidance.
- Confirm current remote-access and courtroom technology arrangements before the proceeding.

## Courtroom Rules

### limited criminal remote appearance

Scope: statewide

For the specific fine-and-cost hearings governed by Articles 45A.258 and 45A.259, a justice or municipal judge may allow a defendant to appear by telephone or videoconference when an in-person appearance would impose undue hardship.

Evidence excerpt: If the justice or judge determines that requiring a defendant to appear before the justice or judge in person for a hearing under Article 45A.258 or 45A.259 would impose an undue hardship on the defendant, the justice or judge may allow the defendant to appear by telephone or videoconference.

[Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 45A.260, Appearance by Telephone or Videoconference](https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/pdf/CR.45A.pdf)
Source checked: 2026-07-26


## Sources

- [Official profile](https://card.txcourts.gov/directorysearch.aspx)
- [Official roster](https://card.txcourts.gov/directorysearch.aspx)
- [Texas Office of Court Administration official judicial roster](https://card.txcourts.gov/directorysearch.aspx)
- [Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 45A.260, Appearance by Telephone or Videoconference](https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/pdf/CR.45A.pdf)

## JSON-LD

```json
{
  "@context": "https://schema.org",
  "@graph": [
    {
      "@type": "WebPage",
      "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sharon-south-varner",
      "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sharon-south-varner",
      "name": "Sharon South Varner | KnowJudges",
      "description": "Sharon South Varner, Bandera Municipal Court. Source-linked judicial identity, courtroom procedures, and presentation guidance.",
      "dateModified": "2026-07-27",
      "isPartOf": {
        "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/#website"
      },
      "mainEntity": {
        "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sharon-south-varner#judge"
      }
    },
    {
      "@type": "Person",
      "@id": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sharon-south-varner#judge",
      "name": "Sharon South Varner",
      "url": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sharon-south-varner",
      "jobTitle": "Municipal Judge",
      "worksFor": {
        "@type": "GovernmentOrganization",
        "name": "Bandera Municipal Court"
      },
      "sameAs": [
        "https://card.txcourts.gov/directorysearch.aspx"
      ]
    },
    {
      "@type": "BreadcrumbList",
      "itemListElement": [
        {
          "@type": "ListItem",
          "position": 1,
          "name": "KnowJudges",
          "item": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj"
        },
        {
          "@type": "ListItem",
          "position": 2,
          "name": "Texas",
          "item": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/state/texas"
        },
        {
          "@type": "ListItem",
          "position": 3,
          "name": "Sharon South Varner",
          "item": "https://knowjudges.com/kyj/judge/sharon-south-varner"
        }
      ]
    }
  ]
}
```

## Biography

### Professional career

- Expected to begin her duties after her retirement from the county justice system on June 30, 2025, and will start her training in the interim.
- Varner will work under Municipal Judge Mike Towers, who noted that Varner has 160.5 credited hours from the Texas Justice Court Training Center, indicating she has completed the required judicial training

### Education



### Additional information

- the council unanimously appointed Sharon Varner as associate municipal judge to replace Judge Eino Zapata, who is entering retirement.
- This appointment follows the council’s decision to address staffing needs after Zapata’s planned reduced availability.
- Addressing water system upgrades and other infrastructure projects.
- The city council cited her long-standing experience in the legal field and her suitability for the role, with Judge Towers describing her as “a wonderful associate judge”.
- Before her appointment, Varner held the role of Justice of the Peace, Part 2 in Bandera County.



## Published courtroom rules

### Shared court rules

- [Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 45A.260, Appearance by Telephone or Videoconference](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-7a6578736340dbebb75e89c7) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/pdf/CR.45A.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26.
- [Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 45A.260, Appearance by Telephone or Videoconference](https://knowjudges.com/courtroom-rules/national-shared-set-0fa5a7f51969f3609de00053) — Scope is limited to the court class in the source claim.  Shared court context only; case-type restrictions, exceptions, later amendments and case orders apply. This is not a personal preference or a complete rules inventory. [Official source](https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/pdf/CR.45A.pdf). Collected 2026-07-26.