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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18.16 — Preventing consequences of theft

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. 18.16

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. 18.16Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Any person has a right to prevent the consequences of theft by seizing any personal property that has been stolen and bringing it, with the person suspected of committing the theft, if that person can be taken, before a magistrate for examination, or delivering the property and the person suspected of committing the theft to a peace officer for that purpose. To justify a seizure under this article, there must be reasonable ground to believe the property is stolen, and the seizure must be openly made and the proceedings had without delay.

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