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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 22.05 — Citation as in civil actions

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. 22.05

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. 22.05Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

If service of citation is not waived under Article 22.03 , a surety is entitled to notice by service of citation, the length of time and in the manner required in civil actions; and the officer executing the citation shall return the same as in civil actions. It shall not be necessary to give notice to the defendant unless he has furnished his address on the bond, in which event notice to the defendant shall be deposited in the United States mail directed to the defendant at the address shown on the bond or the last known address of the defendant.

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