Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 17.36 · Chapter 17. BAIL
EFFECT OF WITNESS BOND.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The bond given by a witness for his appearance has the same effect as a bond of the accused and may be forfeited and recovered upon in the same manner.
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 e382fb59afed7be461c915f2b159cf713341d0cecdb2e07ae8542d3cbb3cffd0
- 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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