Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 51.09 · Chapter 51. FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE
GOVERNOR MAY DEMAND FUGITIVE.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
When the Governor deems it proper to demand a person who has committed an offense in this State and has fled to another State, he may commission any suitable person to take such requisition. The accused, if brought back to the State, shall be delivered up to the sheriff of the county in which it is alleged he has committed the offense.
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
- Text hash
- sha256 f6e40c0fc229395fd3eb0e00590572d1fb73ff557caae4bd6e847a9d7e3a2c04
- 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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