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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42A.151 — Transfer of jurisdiction

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

Part of Chapter 42A: COMMUNITY SUPERVISION, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42A.151

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. 42A.151Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

(a) After a defendant has been placed on community supervision, jurisdiction of the case may be transferred to a court of the same rank in this state that: (1) has geographical jurisdiction where the defendant: (A) resides; or (B) violates a condition of community supervision; and (2) consents to the transfer. (b) On transfer, the clerk of the court of original jurisdiction shall forward to the court accepting jurisdiction a transcript of any portion of the record as the transferring judge shall direct. The court accepting jurisdiction subsequently shall proceed as if the defendant's trial and conviction had occurred in that court.

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