Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.13 · Chapter 11. HABEAS CORPUS
APPLICANT AND PETITIONER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The word applicant, as used in this chapter, refers to the person for whose relief the application for a writ of habeas corpus is presented.
(b) An application for a writ of habeas corpus may be signed and presented on behalf of an applicant by any person, who shall be referred to as the petitioner.
(c) A petitioner is not a party to a proceeding under this chapter.
(d) A petitioner who is not the applicant's attorney may not take any additional actions on behalf of the applicant that would constitute the practice of law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 933 (S.B. 1516), Sec. 8, eff. September 1, 2023.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.11.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 854d9899f5ad68e3aaaefe8aeb43472c2bc0c2d5910d67cd7eb2b1603d7c8d86
- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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