Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 56A.551 · Subchapter L. NOTIFICATION BY DEPARTMENT OF ESCAPE OR TRANSFER

DEFINITION.

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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

In this subchapter, "witness's close relative" means a person who:

(1) was the spouse of a deceased witness at the time of the witness's death; or

(2) is a parent or adult brother, sister, or child of a deceased witness.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 1.05, eff. January 1, 2021.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.56A.htm
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