Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 22.01 · Chapter 22. FORFEITURE OF BAIL
BAIL FORFEITED, WHEN.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
When a defendant is bound by bail to appear and fails to appear in any court in which such case may be pending and at any time when his personal appearance is required under this Code, or by any court or magistrate, a forfeiture of his bail and a judicial declaration of such forfeiture shall be taken in the manner provided in Article 22.02 of this Code and entered by such court.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 886, ch. 312, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 31, 1981.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.22.htm
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Code of Criminal Procedure
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 22.01. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 17.03PERSONAL BOND.Printed as Section 22.01(a)(1)
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 17.032RELEASE ON PERSONAL BOND OF CERTAIN DEFENDANTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.Printed as Section 22.01(a)(1)
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 56A.001DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 22.01
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