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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 6.07 — Conduct of peace officer

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

Part of Chapter 6: PREVENTING OFFENSES BY THE ACT OF MAGISTRATES AND OTHER OFFICERS; EDUCATION CONCERNING CONSEQUENCES OF CERTAIN OFFENSES, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 6.07

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. 6.07Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

The conduct of peace officers, in preventing offenses about to be committed in their presence, or within their view, is to be regulated by the same rules as are prescribed to the action of the person about to be injured. They may use all force necessary to repel the aggression.

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