Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 23.08 · Chapter 23. THE CAPIAS
REASONS FOR RETAINING CAPIAS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
When the capias is not returned at the time fixed in the writ, the officer holding it shall notify the court from whence it was issued, in writing, of his reasons for retaining it.
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.23.htm
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- sha256 38eebf38f2518c219045a23d393c30ac70533d23062644e9525988af5cf5b7e3
- 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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