Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 51.08 · Chapter 51. FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE
SECOND ARREST.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person who has once been arrested under the provisions of this title and discharged under the provisions of the preceding Article or by habeas corpus shall not be again arrested upon a charge of the same offense, except by a warrant from the Governor of this 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 c10cf645b544aa15049d924e573ef3d87d1d98ab5f84200df7e1563ab6f36fa1
- 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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