Texas statute
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 7.17 — Limitation and procedure
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 7: PROCEEDINGS BEFORE MAGISTRATES TO PREVENT OFFENSES, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 7.17
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.
Suits upon such bonds shall be commenced within two years from the breach of the same, and not thereafter, and shall be governed by the same rules as civil actions, except that the sureties may be sued without joining the principal. To entitle the State to recover, it shall only be necessary to prove that the accused violated any condition of said bond. The full amount of such bond may be recovered of the accused and the sureties.
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