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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 51.04 — Complaint

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. 51.04

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. 51.04Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

The complaint shall be sufficient if it recites: 1. The name of the person accused; 2. The State from which he has fled; 3. The offense committed by the accused; 4. That he has fled to this State from the State where the offense was committed; and 5. That the act alleged to have been committed by the accused is a violation of the penal law of the State from which he fled.

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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 51.04 (official source deep link)
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