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Newsletters and Factsheets

2025

  • Improving Access to JP Services July 2025 contribution to the JP Association newsletter (PDF, 103.2 KB )
  • Justice of the Peace Newsletter February 2025 JP Handbook and Impersonating a JP (PDF, 141.3 KB )
  • Certifying Electronic Documents September 2025 TAJPI Newsletter (PDF, 114.2 KB )

Factsheets

  • Conflicts of Interest JP Factsheet (PDF, 746.9 KB )
  • Search Warrants JP Factsheet (PDF, 160.4 KB )

2024

  • Justice of the Peace newsletter February 2024 (PDF, 69.4 KB )

2023

  • Justice of the Peace Reappointments Newsletter January 2023 (PDF, 116.0 KB )

2022

  • Justice of the Peace Fact Sheets Newsletter April 2022 (PDF, 135.9 KB )
  • Justice of the Peace Recognition Newsletter June 2022 (PDF, 91.7 KB )
  • Justice of the Peace Use of Post Nominals Newsletter August 2022 (PDF, 98.8 KB )
  • Justice of the Peace Conflict of Interest Newsletter November 2022 (PDF, 116.1 KB )

2021

  • Justice of the Peace Database Newsletter June 2021 (PDF, 100.7 KB )
  • Justice of the Peace Conduct Newsletter August 2021 (PDF, 377.3 KB )
Last Updated: 23 August 2024

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