Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 43.04 · Chapter 43. EXECUTION OF JUDGMENT
IF DEFENDANT IS ABSENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
When a judgment and sentence have been rendered against a defendant in the defendant's absence, the court may order a capias issued for the defendant's arrest. The sheriff shall execute the capias by bringing the defendant before the court or by placing the defendant in jail until the defendant can be brought before the court.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722. Amended by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 2990, ch. 987, Sec. 3, eff. June 15, 1971.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1263 (H.B. 3060), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2007.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.43.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
Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 43.04. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 17.03PERSONAL BOND.Printed as Section 43.04
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 18A.101OFFENSES FOR WHICH INTERCEPTION ORDER MAY BE ISSUED.Printed as Section 43.04
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 59.06DISPOSITION OF FORFEITED PROPERTY.Printed as Section 20.05, 20.06, 20.07, 43.04, or 43.05
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 62.001DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 43.04
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