Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 22.15 · Chapter 22. FORFEITURE OF BAIL
JUDGMENT FINAL BY DEFAULT.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
When the sureties have been duly cited and fail to answer, and the principal also fails to answer within the time limited for answering in other civil actions, the court shall enter judgment final by default.
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.22.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 741a6a420a3d5cbc2ba127e1e2d6e2ae08727314afccdfb1ce49dbd5f9146cf9
- 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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