Some courts of record may share jurisdiction with which type of court?

• A. Municipal courts
• B. District courts
• C. Justice courts
• D. Federal courts

Answer: (B)

Courts of record keep a formal written record of proceedings, and in many Texas counties, a municipal court that is designated as a court of record can end up sharing matters with the district court. The district court is the state’s higher trial court with broad jurisdiction, and it handles appeals or trials de novo from municipal courts of record. That overlap is why district courts are the correct pairing: they serve as the next level of review and can take up cases or rehear them when a municipal court of record has acted. The federal system operates separately, and justice or non-record municipal courts handle more limited matters, so the shared jurisdiction in this context is with district courts.