Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 31A.051 · Subchapter B. ON CHANGE OF VENUE
CLERK'S DUTIES ON CHANGE OF VENUE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If a court orders a change of venue in a criminal case, the clerk of the court in which the prosecution is pending shall prepare and transmit to the clerk of the court to which the venue is changed:
(1) a certified copy of the court's order directing the change of venue;
(2) a certified copy of the defendant's bail bond or personal bond, if any;
(3) the original papers in the case; and
(4) a certificate of the transmitting clerk under that clerk's official seal that the papers described by Subdivision (3) are all the papers on file in the case in the court in which the prosecution is pending.
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.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.31A.htm
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