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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 20A.253 — Execution of process

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

Part of Chapter 20A: GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 20A.253

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. 20A.253Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
(a) A bailiff or other officer who receives process to be served from the grand jury shall immediately execute the process and return the process to: (1) the foreperson, if the grand jury is in session; or (2) the district clerk, if the grand jury is not in session. (b) If the process is returned unexecuted, the return must state why the process was not executed.

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