Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 16.10 · Chapter 16. THE COMMITMENT OR DISCHARGE OF THE ACCUSED
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The magistrate has the power in all cases, where a witness resides or is in the county where the prosecution is pending, to issue an attachment for the purpose of enforcing the attendance of such witness; this he may do without having previously issued a subpoena for that purpose.
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.16.htm
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- sha256 1c53d209d026287b95c8c25111262a39da67eacd84721c21871f7d9bd3156877
- 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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