Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 2A.063 · Subchapter B. POWERS AND DUTIES OF PEACE OFFICERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
SHERIFF AS CONSERVATOR OF THE PEACE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A sheriff is a conservator of the peace in the sheriff's county and shall:
(1) arrest each person who commits an offense in the view or hearing of the sheriff and take the offender before the proper court for examination or trial;
(2) suppress all assaults, affrays, insurrections, and unlawful assemblies; and
(3) apprehend and commit to jail each person who commits an offense until an examination or trial can be held.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 1.001, eff. January 1, 2025.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.2A.htm
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- 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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