Dear Citizen, OFFICE FUNCTIONS Burnet County Service Fees As your Constable, I intend to serve Civil Process you with speedy personal service. All NOTICES & SERVICE FEES: service by my office is performed by Court process is served in accordance to state Subpoenas 75.00 Certified Texas Peace Officers whom statutes with special attention directed Summons 75.00 receive training every year in Civil towards prompt and professional personal Process and Enforcement, Criminal service. Execution of writs, from evictions Writ of Attachment 150.00 Enforcement, and Community Policing. and sequestrations to million dollar Writ of Garnishment 150.00 executions involving real and personal Writ of Sequestration 150.00 I hope this brochure will better inform property are accomplished with the highest Writ of Execution 150.00 you about our divisions and services. If regards to the safety of the public and parties **Writ of possession 150.00 you have any questions, or if one of my involved, with efforts to minimized the All other Writs 150.00 deputies provides services that you feel expense of seizing, storing, and selling they should be commended for, please property. Additionally, this office attends Orders of Sale 150.00 write me a letter or note to that effect, every Justice Court Session and is the Chief Forcible Detainer 80.00 or call me at (830)798-3020. I will see Process Server of the court. Small Claims Citation 75.00 that it gets to the employee and that a Justice Court Citation 75.00 copy is placed in the employee’s Criminal Enforcement Other Courts Citations 75.00 personnel file.
Service Notices 75.00 This office is responsible for law OFFICE OF THE CONSTABLE Restraining Orders 75.00 enforcement and community interaction and Millicent “Missy” Bindseil Protective Order 75.00 concentrates it’s efforts in Precinct Four of Precinct Four Burnet County Burnet County. This includes Enforcing Citation by Posting 50.00 Traffic, Child Support, Contempt of Court OTHER SERVICE FEES: Attachments and Juvenile Capias. Assistance ** Writ of Possession is $150.00 is also provided to all of the surrounding Law for the first two hours. Then Enforcement Agencies with calls for services $50.00 an hour or part of an hour from the citizens of the Precinct. per officer thereafter.
Telephone (830) 798-3020 Fugitive Apprehension Fax (830) 798-3216
810 Steve Hawkins Parkway This office pursues and arrests individuals Marble Falls, Texas 78654 who have warrants for their arrest. These are
uniformed Deputies that drive marked and
unmarked patrol vehicles working varied
hours everyday of the week.
THE CONSTABLE
Constables are among the earliest recorded police officers in world history. The term “COP” was created in 1066 for the “Constable On Patrol” in England under King William. The first law enforcement was brought to the new world with the formation of the original 13 English colonies, easily survived the Revolution, and continues to this day, pretty much intact, in all 50 States of the Union. As populations grew, the powers of the Constable were also given to the tax collector, the Shire Reef or “Sheriff” in order to assist the Constable. OFFICE OF THE CONSTABLE Eventually more law enforcement BURNET COUNTY, TEXAS OFFICE OF THE CONSTABLE assistance was needed, so Police Officers PRECINCT Four were given a portion of the powers of the Millicent “Missy” Bindseil Constable. Today, the Constable still Precinct Four Burnet County holds these extra powers of enforcement. Millicent “Missy” Bindseil THE TEXAS CONSTABLE
The Texas Constable is a member of an Elite corps of Cowboy-Lawmen organized in 1823 by Stephen F. Austin, Telephone (830) 798-3020 replacing the Spanish style military Fax (830) 798-3216 policing organization, thereby pre-dating 810 Steve Hawkins Parkway Telephone (830) 798-3020 Fax (830) 798-3216 even the Texas Rangers. Today, Marble Falls, Texas 78654 810 Steve Hawkins Parkway Constables are unique elected individuals Marble Falls, Texas 78654 commissioned by the Governor of the State of Texas and boast a proud heritage in statewide Civil and Criminal Law Enforcement authority.