Tex. Occ. Code § 1704.209 · Subchapter E. BONDING BUSINESS
BOND DISCHARGED ON APPEAL.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A bail bond shall be discharged if:
(1) the principal appeals the case for which the bond is executed; and
(2) the person who executed the bond does not agree to continue during the appeal as surety.
(b) A court may not require a person who executes a bail bond to continue as surety while the principal appeals the case for which the bond is executed unless the person agrees to continue during the appeal as surety.
(c) This section does not prohibit a principal from obtaining an appeal bond under the Code of Criminal Procedure.
(d) This section prevails over any provision contained in the bail bond.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1704.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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