Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 20A.253 · Subchapter F. WITNESSES
EXECUTION OF PROCESS.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A bailiff or other officer who receives process to be served from the grand jury shall immediately execute the process and return the process to:
(1) the foreperson, if the grand jury is in session; or
(2) the district clerk, if the grand jury is not in session.
(b) If the process is returned unexecuted, the return must state why the process was not executed.
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
- Edition
- 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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- 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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