Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 26.03 · Chapter 26. ARRAIGNMENT
TIME OF ARRAIGNMENT.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
No arraignment shall take place until the expiration of at least two entire days after the day on which a copy of the indictment was served on the defendant, unless the right to such copy or to such delay be waived, or unless the defendant is on bail.
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.26.htm
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- sha256 a73ce72ec50d0f8259fe1c40d09dcfc6a5fd3eb1e21953588c52a3abb56c5a48
- 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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