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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 14.05 — Rights of officer
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 14: ARREST WITHOUT WARRANT, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 14.05
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.
In each case enumerated where arrests may be lawfully made without warrant, the officer or person making the arrest is justified in adopting all the measures which he might adopt in cases of arrest under warrant, except that an officer making an arrest without a warrant may not enter a residence to make the arrest unless: (1) a person who resides in the residence consents to the entry; or (2) exigent circumstances require that the officer making the arrest enter the residence without the consent of a resident or without a warrant.
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