Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 24.05 · Chapter 24. SUBPOENA AND ATTACHMENT
REFUSING TO OBEY.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If a witness refuses to obey a subpoena, he may be fined at the discretion of the court, as follows: In a felony case, not exceeding five hundred dollars; in a misdemeanor case, not exceeding one hundred dollars.
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.24.htm
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- sha256 ea96db781c20dc822c5cf4cdff526ed48d386aa8c10b37822094afefd656edc0
- 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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