Hays County District Clerk resigns following calls for his removal from office

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HAYS COUNTY, Texas (KXAN) -- Hays County District Clerk Avrey Anderson has submitted his resignation.

Anderson confirmed Friday he's resigning from his position. He was elected at the age of 19 in 2022, ousting incumbent Beverly Crumley, who served in the position for 12 years.

The resignation follows a hearing held last week on whether Anderson should be suspended from his role until a jury potential trial could be held to determine if he should be permanently removed from office. The trial was set for October.

At the end of 2023, Austin attorney Chloe Love filed a petition to remove Anderson from office, stating, among other things, that he had failed to deliver jury summons and subpoenas, didn’t send temporary protective orders to the appropriate departments and consistently failed to timely file grand jury indictments. 

During the hearing last week, the State brought witnesses to argue that Anderson is incompetent and should be suspended immediately. 

Anderson declined to provide a comment on Friday.

Sam Stark contributed to this report.