§ 19-32. Jurisdiction of municipal court.


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  • For purposes related to enforcement of this article, the municipal court of the City of Irving shall have civil jurisdiction, and concurrent jurisdiction with a district court or a county court at law under Subchapter B, Chapter 54, Local Government Code, within the municipality's territorial limits and property owned by the municipality located in the municipality's extraterritorial jurisdiction for the purpose of enforcing health and safety and nuisance abatement ordinances, and shall have the authority to issue:

    (1)

    Search warrants for the purpose of investigating a health and safety or nuisance abatement ordinance violation; and

    (2)

    Seizure warrants for the purpose of securing, removing, or demolishing the offending debris from the premises.

(Ord. No. 2009-9065, § 1, 4-23-09)