Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 51.06 · Chapter 51. FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE
NOTICE OF ARREST.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
The magistrate who held or committed such fugitive shall immediately notify the Secretary of State and the district or county attorney of his county of such fact and the date thereof, stating the name of such fugitive, the State from which he fled, and the crime with which he is charged; and such officers so notified shall in turn notify the Governor of the proper State.
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.51.htm
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- sha256 62f74044a2b6eae22829738ceba5e61181efcaadd5e5c64145ead9c9d4465141
- 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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