Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.24 · Chapter 11. HABEAS CORPUS
ONE COMMITTED IN DEFAULT OF BAIL.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Where a person has been committed to custody for failing to enter into bond, the person is entitled to the writ of habeas corpus, if it be stated in the application that there was no sufficient cause for requiring bail or that the bail required is excessive. If the proof sustains the application, it will entitle the person to be discharged or have the bail reduced.
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. 12, 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 45ec29a29ddff1b103e5e385e5b062178fbda5ae2701702ecc01420bcefa7063
- 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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