Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 36.24 · Chapter 36. THE TRIAL BEFORE THE JURY
OFFICER SHALL ATTEND JURY.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The sheriff of the county shall furnish the court with a bailiff during the trial of any case to attend the wants of the jury and to act under the direction of the court. If the person furnished by the sheriff is to be called as a witness in the case he may not serve as bailiff.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.36.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 c37d32552720c6f02bb7c64b8a57d22112c36558a7da31e1d5cb6754e57d5dff
- 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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