Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.16 · Chapter 11. HABEAS CORPUS
WRIT MAY ISSUE WITHOUT APPLICATION.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A judge of the district or county court who has knowledge that any person is illegally confined or restrained in the person's liberty within the judge's district or county may, if the case is within the judge's jurisdiction, issue the writ of habeas corpus, without any application being made for the writ.
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. 11, 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 1714c4d01ba24502f830a008b0ed831e8dcaa1873303545e211424a1bed93f13
- 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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