Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18.12 · Chapter 18. SEARCH WARRANTS
MAGISTRATE SHALL INVESTIGATE.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The magistrate, upon the return of a search warrant, shall proceed to try the questions arising upon the same, and shall take testimony as in other examinations before him.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722. Amended by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 984, ch. 399, Sec. 2(E), eff. Jan. 1, 1974.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.18.htm
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- sha256 2ff77470cc1a479022a80570704b668ea418a27a628c8ee31c20fc351714b681
- 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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