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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 23.02 — Its requisites
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 23: THE CAPIAS, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 23.02
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.
A capias shall be held sufficient if it have the following requisites: 1. That it run in the name of "The State of Texas"; 2. That it name the person whose arrest is ordered, or if unknown, describe him; 3. That it specify the offense of which the defendant is accused, and it appear thereby that he is accused of some offense against the penal laws of the State; 4. That it name the court to which and the time when it is returnable; and 5. That it be dated and attested officially by the authority issuing the same.
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