Lucia Bates
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- Justice of the Peace, Harris County Precinct 3, Place 2Harris County Justice of the Peace Courts – Judge Bates Biography (official court site) ↗
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County · November 3, 2026 General Election
The neighbourhood court: small claims, traffic tickets, evictions and truancy.
What this office does
Justice of the Peace courts are Texas's local-level trial courts, with precincts set by the state constitution according to county population. In Harris County they handle small claims and other minor civil suits, bad-check cases, and eviction cases between landlords and tenants. On the criminal side they hear citations punishable by fine only, including traffic cases. These courts also hold tow hearings, rule on occupational license petitions, and perform marriage ceremonies.
| What we compare | Lucia Bates |
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| Now | Justice of the Peace, Harris County Precinct 3, Place 2Harris County Justice of the Peace Courts – Judge Bates Biography (official court site) ↗ |
| Money | No machine-readable funding publishedCandidates for this office file with a local authority — the county clerk — which doesn’t publish filings in a form we can read automatically. That’s a gap in the filing system, not a statement about any campaign. Texas Ethics Commission — local filing authorities ↗ |
| Full profile | Everything we hold → |
| We searched the same 4 official registries for every candidate in this race on 28 July 2026 and found no adverse findings for any of them. | |
Money
No machine-readable funding publishedCandidates for this office file with a local authority — the county clerk — which doesn’t publish filings in a form we can read automatically. That’s a gap in the filing system, not a statement about any campaign. Texas Ethics Commission — local filing authorities ↗We searched the same 4 official registries for every candidate in this race on 28 July 2026 and found no adverse findings for any of them.
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