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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 1.23 — Dignity of state

Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Part of Chapter 1: GENERAL PROVISIONS, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 1.23

Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 1.23Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

All justices of the Supreme Court, judges of the Court of Criminal Appeals, justices of the Courts of Appeals and judges of the District Courts, shall, by virtue of their offices, be conservators of the peace throughout the State. The style of all writs and process shall be "The State of Texas". All prosecutions shall be carried on "in the name and by authority of The State of Texas", and conclude, "against the peace and dignity of the State".

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