Texas statute
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.62 — Refusal to give copy of process
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 11: HABEAS CORPUS, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.62
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.
Any jailer, sheriff or other officer who has a prisoner in his custody and refuses, upon demand, to furnish a copy of the process under which he holds the person, is guilty of an offense, and shall be dealt with as provided in Article 11.34 of this Code for refusal to return the writ therein required.
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