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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 21.07 — Allegation of name

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

Part of Chapter 21: INDICTMENT AND INFORMATION, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 21.07

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. 21.07Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

In alleging the name of the defendant, or of any other person necessary to be stated in the indictment, it shall be sufficient to state one or more of the initials of the given name and the surname. When a person is known by two or more names, it shall be sufficient to state either name. When the name of the person is unknown to the grand jury, that fact shall be stated, and if it be the accused, a reasonably accurate description of him shall be given in the indictment.

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