Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 8.01 · Chapter 8. SUPPRESSION OF RIOTS AND OTHER DISTURBANCES
OFFICER MAY REQUIRE AID.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
When any officer authorized to execute process is resisted, or when he has sufficient reason to believe that he will meet with resistance in executing the same, he may command as many of the citizens of his county as he may think proper; and the sheriff may call any military company in the county to aid him in overcoming the resistance, and if necessary, in seizing and arresting the persons engaged in such resistance.
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.8.htm
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- sha256 76f2270192fcebf496d2b48fe6da4634ba296c3cff6783f1cef2628ad51f0e62
- 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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