Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.15 · Chapter 11. HABEAS CORPUS
WRIT ISSUED WITHOUT DELAY.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The writ of habeas corpus shall be issued without delay by the judge or court receiving the application, unless it be manifest from the application itself, or some documents annexed to it, that the applicant is not entitled to any relief.
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. 10, 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 18c4db6ec3b8568b830add71b6e1d214c4231a7e09ac45fca2586c27c82ea798
- 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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