Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 23.18 · Chapter 23. THE CAPIAS
RETURN OF CAPIAS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The return of the capias shall be made to the court from which it is issued. If it has been executed, the return shall state what disposition has been made of the defendant. If it has not been executed, the cause of the failure to execute it shall be fully stated. If the defendant has not been found, the return shall further show what efforts have been made by the officer to find him, and what information he has as to the defendant's whereabouts.
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 62f897641b2a3f54c977f9137ae129b7f9f19cab731a91174670c4bfc03f08c4
- 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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