Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 17.38 · Chapter 17. BAIL
RULES APPLICABLE TO ALL CASES OF BAIL.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The rules in this Chapter respecting bail are applicable to all such undertakings when entered into in the course of a criminal action, whether before or after an indictment, in every case where authority is given to any court, judge, magistrate, or other officer, to require bail of a person accused of an offense, or of a witness in a criminal action.
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
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- sha256 abc868878680283ca06861f446f193dd429f9c56ab39d5c43caf4ea61cc604d6
- 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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