Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 25.01 · Chapter 25. SERVICE OF A COPY OF THE INDICTMENT
IN FELONY.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In every case of felony, when the accused is in custody, or as soon as he may be arrested, the clerk of the court where an indictment has been presented shall immediately make a certified copy of the same, and deliver such copy to the sheriff, together with a writ directed to such sheriff, commanding him forthwith to deliver such certified copy to the accused.
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.25.htm
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- sha256 6088e6ffb033f536cdd7e942d3685b65d33a8dd9c5c9fa82e43f21e26d75d0e2
- 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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