Editing Smith County, Texas (section)

===Officials===
Twenty-eight elected officials serve Smith County citizens (county auditor is not an elected position):

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! [[Official]]
! Function
|- style="text-align:center;"
|  style="background:#f0f0ff;"|County judge
|  style="background:#fff3f3;"|County administration (as presiding member of the commissioners court) and judicial jurisdiction
|- style="text-align:center;"
|  style="background:#f0f0ff;"|Commissioners (four, one per precinct)
|  style="background:#fff3f3;"|County administration (commissioners court)
|- style="text-align:center;"
|  style="background:#f0f0ff;"|Sheriff
|  style="background:#fff3f3;"|Security and law enforcement
|- style="text-align:center;"
|  style="background:#f0f0ff;"|District attorney
|  style="background:#fff3f3;"|Law enforcement and criminal prosecution
|- style="text-align:center;"
|  style="background:#f0f0ff;"|Constables (five, one per precinct)
|  style="background:#fff3f3;"|Law enforcement
|- style="text-align:center;"
|  style="background:#f0f0ff;"|Justices of the peace (five, one per precinct)
|  style="background:#fff3f3;"|Judicial/legal jurisdiction
|- style="text-align:center;"
|  style="background:#f0f0ff;"| District clerk
|  style="background:#fff3f3;"| Judicial support to district courts
|- style="text-align:center;"
|  style="background:#f0f0ff;"| County clerk
|  style="background:#fff3f3;"| Clerk of record for the county
|-
|  style="text-align:center; background:#f0f0ff;"| County tax assessor-collector
 |  style="text-align:center; background:#fff3f3;"| Collector of property taxes and special fees
|- style="text-align:center;"
|  style="background:#f0f0ff;"| County treasurer
|  style="background:#fff3f3;"| County's chief banker
|- style="text-align:center;"
|  style="background:#f0f0ff;"| County court at law judges (three)
|  style="background:#fff3f3;"| Judicial/Legal jurisdiction
|- style="text-align:center;"
|  style="background:#f0f0ff;"| District judges (four)
|  style="background:#fff3f3;"| Judicial/legal jurisdiction
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