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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 2A.053 — Summoning aid

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

Part of Chapter 2A: OFFICERS; POWERS AND DUTIES, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 2A.053

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. 2A.053Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

(a) A peace officer who meets resistance while discharging a duty imposed on the officer by law shall summon a number of residents of the officer's county sufficient to overcome that resistance. (b) A person summoned by a peace officer under Subsection (a) shall obey the officer.

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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 2A.053 (official source deep link)
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