Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 11.62 · Chapter 11. HABEAS CORPUS
REFUSAL TO GIVE COPY OF PROCESS.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Any jailer, sheriff or other officer who has a prisoner in his custody and refuses, upon demand, to furnish a copy of the process under which he holds the person, is guilty of an offense, and shall be dealt with as provided in Article 11.34 of this Code for refusal to return the writ therein required.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.11.htm
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