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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18.09 — Shall seize accused and property

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

Part of Chapter 18: SEARCH WARRANTS, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18.09

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. 18.09Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

When the property which the officer is directed to search for and seize is found he shall take possession of the same and carry it before the magistrate. He shall also arrest any person whom he is directed to arrest by the warrant and immediately take such person before the magistrate. For purposes of this chapter, "seizure," in the context of property, means the restraint of property, whether by physical force or by a display of an officer's authority, and includes the collection of property or the act of taking possession of property.

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