Texas Legal Overview: Texarkana The Texarkana metropolitan area is defined by the Census Bureau as covering Bowie County, Texas and Miller County, Arkansas. Officially, it is known as the Texarkana, TX-AR MSA with the twin cities of Texarkana, TX and Texarkana, AR as the principal cities of this MSA. The three district courts for Bowie County (5th, 102nd, and 202nd) located in Texarkana, TX are the main trial courts with general jurisdiction over all civil, criminal and family law cases filed in the county. Each of these courts has countywide jurisdiction over these matters.
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Trending Legal Topics: Appeals against the municipal or justice courts can be filed with the county court at law. Appeals against the county and district courts in Bowie County must be filed with the Sixth Court of Appeals, also located in Texarkana, TX. One more appeal may be possible if the Texas Supreme Court (for civil cases) or the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals agrees to review the case. Federal cases in Bowie County must be filed with the Texarkana Division of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Texas. |