Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 13A.051 · Subchapter B. VENUE IN CERTAIN CIRCUMSTANCES
OFFENSE COMMITTED WHOLLY OR PARTLY OUTSIDE THIS STATE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An offense committed wholly or partly outside this state under circumstances that give this state jurisdiction to prosecute the defendant may be prosecuted in any county in which:
(1) the defendant is found; or
(2) an element of the offense occurs.
(b) Criminal homicide committed wholly or partly outside this state under circumstances that give this state jurisdiction to prosecute the defendant may be prosecuted in the county in which:
(1) the injury was inflicted;
(2) the defendant was located when the defendant inflicted the injury; or
(3) the victim died or the victim's body was found.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 1.001, eff. January 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.13A.htm
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- sha256 367da9a8a3225b39ff54b4a7520beb040dfe5631e215d1adf994233173027330
- 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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