Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 17.18 · Chapter 17. BAIL
SURRENDER IN VACATION.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
When the surrender is made at any other time than during the session of the court, the sheriff may take the necessary bail bond, but if the defendant fails or refuses to give other bail, the sheriff shall take him before the nearest magistrate; and such magistrate shall issue a warrant of commitment, reciting the fact that the accused has been once admitted to bail, has been surrendered, and now fails or refuses to give other bail.
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.17.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 4cd387f05da3adcc96f817ddfb8061742a162c924cc46f63471edd4b68c37eb4
- 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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