Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.51 · Chapter 11. HABEAS CORPUS
RECORD OF PROCEEDINGS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If a writ of habeas corpus be made returnable before a court in session, all the proceedings had shall be entered of record by the clerk of the court, as in any other case in the court. When the application is heard out of the county where the offense was committed, or in the court of criminal appeals, the clerk shall transmit a certified copy of all the proceedings on the application to the clerk of the court which has jurisdiction of the offense.
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. 17, 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 40d1d7b727cd9df4b112a03f64aff4d7880bde9e94d2c1a71fe91f7545342192
- 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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