Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42.0195 · Chapter 42. JUDGMENT AND SENTENCE
FINDING REGARDING FAILURE TO APPEAR.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In the disposition of a criminal case involving any offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor or any higher category of offense, the judge shall make an affirmative finding of fact and enter the affirmative finding in the judgment or dismissal order in the case if the judge determines that the defendant wilfully failed to appear after the defendant was released from custody for the offense. The affirmative finding must include the number of times the defendant failed to appear for the offense.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 339 (S.B. 9), Sec. 14, eff. September 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.42.htm
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