Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 29.01 · Chapter 29. CONTINUANCE
BY OPERATION OF LAW.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Criminal actions are continued by operation of law if:
(1) The individual defendant has not been arrested;
(2) A defendant corporation or association has not been served with summons; or
(3) There is not sufficient time for trial at that term of court.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966. Amended by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 970, ch. 399, Sec. 2(A), eff. Jan. 1, 1974.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.29.htm
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- sha256 55cc6a4d4a021e91f5293ba770ddbde1fc37cdd48b44d2cd0dc167732d5febd6
- 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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