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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 22.02 — Manner of taking a forfeiture

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

Part of Chapter 22: FORFEITURE OF BAIL, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 22.02

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. 22.02Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Bail bonds and personal bonds are forfeited in the following manner: The name of the defendant shall be called distinctly at the courthouse door, and if the defendant does not appear within a reasonable time after such call is made, judgment shall be entered that the State of Texas recover of the defendant the amount of money in which he is bound, and of his sureties, if any, the amount of money in which they are respectively bound, which judgment shall state that the same will be made final, unless good cause be shown why the defendant did not appear.

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