Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 16.18 · Chapter 16. THE COMMITMENT OR DISCHARGE OF THE ACCUSED
WHEN NO SAFE JAIL.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If there is no safe jail in the county in which the prosecution is carried on, the magistrate may commit defendant to the nearest safe jail in any other county.
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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- 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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