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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 21.21 — Requisites of an information
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. 21.21
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.
An information is sufficient if it has the following requisites: 1. It shall commence, "In the name and by authority of the State of Texas"; 2. That it appear to have been presented in a court having jurisdiction of the offense set forth; 3. That it appear to have been presented by the proper officer; 4. That it contain the name of the accused, or state that his name is unknown and give a reasonably accurate description of him; 5. It must appear that the place where the offense is charged to have been committed is within the jurisdiction of the court where the information is filed; 6. That the time mentioned be some date anterior to the filing of the information, and that the offense does not appear to be barred by limitation; 7. That the offense be set forth in plain and intelligible words; 8. That it conclude, "Against the peace and dignity of the State"; and 9. It must be signed by the district or county attorney, officially.
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