Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 17.37 · Chapter 17. BAIL
WITNESS MAY BE COMMITTED.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A witness required to give bail who fails or refuses to do so shall be committed to jail as in other cases of a failure to give bail when required, but shall be released from custody upon giving such 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 1f8c28ca5e8c97cbc4c0264ca99774a170a7bcdf4ea153d5dabe78031ccc6654
- 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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