Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 22.02 · Chapter 22. FORFEITURE OF BAIL
MANNER OF TAKING A FORFEITURE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Bail bonds and personal bonds are forfeited in the following manner: The name of the defendant shall be called distinctly at the courthouse door, and if the defendant does not appear within a reasonable time after such call is made, judgment shall be entered that the State of Texas recover of the defendant the amount of money in which he is bound, and of his sureties, if any, the amount of money in which they are respectively bound, which judgment shall state that the same will be made final, unless good cause be shown why the defendant did not appear.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.22.htm
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Cited by 8 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 22.02. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 17.03PERSONAL BOND.Printed as Section 22.02
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 17.032RELEASE ON PERSONAL BOND OF CERTAIN DEFENDANTS WITH MENTAL ILLNESS OR INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY.Printed as Section 22.02
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 17.50ENTRY INTO TEXAS CRIME INFORMATION CENTER OF CERTAIN INFORMATION IN CASES INVOLVING VIOLENT OFFENSES OR STALKING; DUTIES OF MAGISTRATES, SHERIFFS, AND DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY.Printed as Section 22.02
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 22.01BAIL FORFEITED, WHEN.Printed as Article 22.02
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 38.071TESTIMONY OF CHILD WHO IS VICTIM OF OFFENSE.Printed as Section 22.02
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 44.01APPEAL BY STATE.Printed as Section 22.02
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 56A.001DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 22.02
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 56B.003DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 22.02
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