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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 15.21 — Release on personal bond if not timely demanded

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. 15.21

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. 15.21Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

If the proper office of the county where the offense is alleged to have been committed does not demand an arrested person described by Article 15.19 and take charge of the arrested person before the 11th day after the date the person is committed to the jail of the county in which the person is arrested, a magistrate in the county where the person was arrested shall: (1) release the arrested person on personal bond without sureties or other security; and (2) forward the personal bond to: (A) the sheriff of the county where the offense is alleged to have been committed; or (B) the court that issued the warrant of arrest.

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