Tex. Health & Safety Code § 576.003 · Subchapter A. GENERAL RIGHTS

WRIT OF HABEAS CORPUS.

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

A petition for a writ of habeas corpus must be filed in the court of appeals for the county in which the order is entered.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.

Amended by:

Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 994 (H.B. 2096), Sec. 1, eff. June 17, 2011.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.576.htm
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