Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 44.181 · Chapter 44. APPEAL AND WRIT OF ERROR
DEFECT IN COMPLAINT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A court conducting a trial de novo based on an appeal from a justice or municipal court may dismiss the case because of a defect in the complaint only if the defendant objected to the defect before the trial began in the justice or municipal court.
(b) The attorney representing the state may move to amend a defective complaint before the trial de novo begins.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 478, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Subsec. (a) amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1545, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.44.htm
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- 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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