Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 23.16 · Chapter 23. THE CAPIAS
ARREST IN CAPITAL CASE IN ANOTHER COUNTY.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In each capital case where a defendant is arrested under a capias in a county other than that in which the case is pending, the sheriff who arrests or to whom the defendant is delivered, shall convey him immediately to the county from which the capias issued and deliver him to the sheriff of such county.
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 4dac6dcf1fb5a9c4c2f75cb68115bc5e6e5af001b3f8b8bdfdcb2c7a0dd0d7fe
- 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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