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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 36.12 — Court may commit

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

Part of Chapter 36: THE TRIAL BEFORE THE JURY, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 36.12

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. 36.12Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

If the want of jurisdiction arises from the fact that the defendant is not liable to prosecution in the county where the indictment was presented, the court may in felony cases order the accused into custody for a reasonable length of time to await a warrant for his arrest from the proper county; or if the offense be bailable, may require him to enter into recognizance to answer before the proper court; in which case a certified copy of the recognizance shall be sent forthwith to the clerk of the proper court, to be enforced by that court in case of forfeiture.

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