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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 51.01 — Delivered up

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

Part of Chapter 51: FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 51.01

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. 51.01Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

A person in any other State of the United States charged with treason or any felony who shall flee from justice and be found in this State, shall on demand of the executive authority of the State from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the State having jurisdiction of the crime.

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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 51.01 (official source deep link)
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