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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42.0195 — Finding regarding failure to appear

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

Part of Chapter 42: JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42.0195

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. 42.0195Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

In the disposition of a criminal case involving any offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor or any higher category of offense, the judge shall make an affirmative finding of fact and enter the affirmative finding in the judgment or dismissal order in the case if the judge determines that the defendant wilfully failed to appear after the defendant was released from custody for the offense. The affirmative finding must include the number of times the defendant failed to appear for the offense.

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