Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 21.16 · Chapter 21. INDICTMENT AND INFORMATION
CERTAIN FORMS OF INDICTMENTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The following form of indictments is sufficient:
""In the name and by authority of the State of Texas: The grand jury of ............ County, State of Texas, duly organized at the ............ term, A.D. ............, of the district court of said county, in said court at said term, do present that ............ (defendant) on the .......... day of ............ A.D. ............, in said county and State, did ............ (description of offense) against the peace and dignity of the State.
............, Foreman of the grand jury."
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.21.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 75d95e11557189be41b5650061856948af2cc3d016f968c12fc529c3eb04d242
- 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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Code of Criminal Procedure
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