Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 17.53 · Chapter 17. BAIL
PROCEDURES AND FORMS RELATED TO MONETARY BOND.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System shall develop statewide procedures and prescribe forms to be used by a court to facilitate:
(1) the refund of any cash funds paid toward a monetary bond, with an emphasis on refunding those funds to the person in whose name the receipt described by Article 17.02 was issued; and
(2) the application of those cash funds to the defendant's outstanding court costs, fines, and fees.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 11 (S.B. 6), Sec. 13, eff. January 1, 2022.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.17.htm
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