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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 12.015 — Racketeering and unlawful debt collection
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 12: LIMITATION, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 12.015
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.
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a felony indictment for an offense under Section 72.02 , 72.03 , or 72.04 , Penal Code, must be presented not later than five years from the date of the commission of the offense. (b) If the attorney general or a local prosecutor, as defined by Section 140B.001 , Civil Practice and Remedies Code, brings an action in the name of the state under Chapter 140B , Civil Practice and Remedies Code, during the limitations period described by Subsection (a), that limitations period is suspended while the attorney general's or local prosecutor's action is pending. If a limitations period is suspended under this subsection, the limitations period is extended for two years.
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