Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 23.13 · Chapter 23. THE CAPIAS
WHO MAY ARREST UNDER CAPIAS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A capias may be executed by any peace officer. In felony cases, the defendant must be delivered immediately to the sheriff of the county where the arrest is made together, with the writ under which he was taken.
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
- Text hash
- sha256 f9e9c6965457acf9a82ec933f9ad85a14fc20ffc13ae88a49ec5e46ebb2e0c6b
- 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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