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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 15.20 — Duty of sheriff receiving notice

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

Part of Chapter 15: ARREST UNDER WARRANT, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 15.20

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. 15.20Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

(a) Subject to Subsection (b), the sheriff receiving the notice of arrest and commitment under Article 15.19 shall forthwith go or send for the arrested person and have the arrested person brought before the proper court or magistrate. (b) A sheriff who receives notice under Article 15.19 (a)(2) of a warrant issued under Section 508.251 , Government Code, shall have the arrested person brought before the proper magistrate or court before the 11th day after the date the person is committed to the jail of the county in which the person was arrested.

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