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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 47.01 — Subject to order of court

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

Part of Chapter 47: DISPOSITION OF STOLEN PROPERTY, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 47.01

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. 47.01Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), an officer who comes into custody of property alleged to have been stolen shall hold it subject to the order of the proper court only if the ownership of the property is contested or disputed. (b) An officer who comes into custody of property governed by Chapter 371 , Finance Code, that is alleged to have been stolen shall hold the property subject to the order of the proper court regardless of whether the ownership of the property is contested or disputed.

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