Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 20A.201 · Subchapter E. RECORDING AND DISCLOSURE OF GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS
RECORDING OF ACCUSED OR SUSPECTED PERSON'S TESTIMONY; RETENTION OF RECORDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The examination of an accused or suspected person before the grand jury and that person's testimony shall be recorded by a stenographer or by use of an electronic device capable of recording sound.
(b) The validity of a grand jury proceeding is not affected by an unintentional failure to record all or part of the examination or testimony under Subsection (a).
(c) The attorney representing the state shall maintain possession of all records other than stenographer's notes made under Subsection (a) and any typewritten transcription of those records, except as otherwise provided by this subchapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 1.04, eff. January 1, 2021.
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.20A.htm
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Cited by 3 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 20A.201. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 20A.102PERSONS WHO MAY BE PRESENT IN GRAND JURY ROOM.Printed as Article 20A.201
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 20A.204DISCLOSURE BY ATTORNEY REPRESENTING STATE.Printed as Article 20A.201
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 20A.205PETITION FOR DISCLOSURE BY DEFENDANT.Printed as Article 20A.201
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