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Lucia Bates

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Lucia Bates has a bachelor 27s degree in business administration from the University of Houston-Clear Lake and a master 27s degree in business administration from the University of Phoenix. She is married to her husband, Robert, and they have two daughters. Lucia has lived in East Harris County for 41 years. 

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Judge Lucia Bates

Lucia is a justice of the peace for Harris County. She previously served as the director of vocational service for the North Shore Rotary.

Lucia is currently a Justice of the Peace, Precinct 3, Place 2. She was first elected in 2018 and re-elected in 2022.

As a long-term resident of East Harris County and a licensed real estate agent, Bates has experience in real estate law.

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As of January 22, 2026, Lucia Bates’s website did not contain information on this issue.

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Married with two daughters, Lucia Bates emphasizes family as a core aspect of her community involvement.

Community Involvement

- Justices of the Peace oversee Justice Courts, trial courts for civil cases up to $20,000, and misdemeanor cases punishable only by fine. They also perform marriages, issue warrants, conduct preliminary hearings, and serve as notaries.
- Texas has 835 Justice Courts, each presided over by a single judge. Every county has between one and eight precincts based on the county's population, each with its own Justice Court.
- Justices of the Peace are elected through partisan, precinct-wide election to four-year terms. 
- Candidates must be a U.S. citizen, at least 18 years old, have been a Texas resident for at least 12 consecutive months, a district resident for at least six consecutive months, and registered to vote in that precinct.
- The annual salary for Justices of the Peace ranges from $19,207 to $151,805 and is by the county's Commissioners Court.


Presides over civil cases and fine-only misdemeanor cases.