Tex. Const. art. I, § 21 · Article 1. BILL OF RIGHTS
CORRUPTION OF BLOOD; FORFEITURE OF ESTATE; SUICIDES.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
No conviction shall work corruption of blood, or forfeiture of estate, and the estates of those who destroy their own lives shall descend or vest as in case of natural death.
Notes and commentary — not constitutional text
History
(Feb. 15, 1876.)
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the amendments approved by voters in November 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CN/htm/CN.1.htm
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- 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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