Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 15.24 · Chapter 15. ARREST UNDER WARRANT
WHAT FORCE MAY BE USED.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In making an arrest, all reasonable means are permitted to be used to effect it. No greater force, however, shall be resorted to than is necessary to secure the arrest and detention of the accused.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.15.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 e1c3e22ab149bf65754cdc6ea89dd521b7e6e1f3063d5bf3f5dd6f3f064a19fb
- 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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