Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 17A.07 · Chapter 17A. CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS
PRESENCE OF CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A defendant corporation or association appears through counsel.
(b) If a corporation or association does not appear in response to summons, or appears but fails or refuses to plead:
(1) it is deemed to be present in person for all purposes; and
(2) the court shall enter a plea of not guilty in its behalf; and
(3) the court may proceed with trial, judgment, and sentencing.
(c) If, having appeared and entered a plea in response to summons, a corporation or association is absent without good cause at any time during later proceedings:
(1) it is deemed to be present in person for all purposes; and
(2) the court may proceed with trial, judgment, or sentencing.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 981, ch. 399, Sec. 2(D), eff. Jan. 1, 1974.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.17A.htm
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