Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 12.01. Felonies
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Art. 12.01. FELONIES. Except as provided in Article 12.03,
felony indictments may be presented within these limits, and not
afterward:
(1) no limitation:
(A) murder and manslaughter;
(B) sexual assault, if during the investigation of the
offense biological matter is collected and subjected to forensic
DNA testing and the testing results show that the matter does not
match the victim or any other person whose identity is readily
ascertained; or
(C) an offense involving leaving the scene of an accident
under Section 550.021, Transportation Code, if the accident
resulted in the death of a person;
(2) ten years from the date of the commission of the
offense:
(A) theft of any estate, real, personal or mixed, by an
executor, administrator, guardian or trustee, with intent to
defraud any creditor, heir, legatee, ward, distributee,
beneficiary or settlor of a trust interested in such estate;
(B) theft by a public servant of government property over
which he exercises control in his official capacity;
(C) forgery or the uttering, using or passing of forged
instruments;
(D) injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled
individual punishable as a felony of the first degree under Section
22.04, Penal Code;
(E) sexual assault, except as provided by Subdivision (1) or
(5); or
(F) arson;
(3) seven years from the date of the commission of the
offense:
(A) misapplication of fiduciary property or property of a
financial institution;
(B) securing execution of document by deception; or
(C) a violation under Sections 162.403(22)-(39), Tax Code;
(4) five years from the date of the commission of the
offense:
(A) theft, burglary, robbery;
(B) kidnapping;
(C) injury to a child, elderly individual, or disabled
individual that is not punishable as a felony of the first degree
under Section 22.04, Penal Code;
(D) abandoning or endangering a child; or
(E) insurance fraud;
(5) ten years from the 18th birthday of the victim of the
offense:
(A) indecency with a child under Section 21.11(a)(1) or (2),
Penal Code; or
(B) except as provided by Subdivision (1), sexual assault
under Section 22.011(a)(2), Penal Code, or aggravated sexual
assault under Section 22.021(a)(1)(B), Penal Code; or
(6) three years from the date of the commission of the
offense: all other felonies.
Amended by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 975, ch. 399, Sec. 2(B), eff.
Jan. 1, 1974; Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 478, ch. 203, Sec. 5, eff.
Sept. 1, 1975; Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 413, ch. 85, Sec. 1, eff.
Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 5317, ch. 977, Sec. 7, eff.
Sept. 1, 1983; Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 330, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 26,
1985; Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 716, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987;
Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 565, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts
1995, 74th Leg., ch. 476, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1997,
75th Leg., ch. 740, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997; Acts 1999, 76th
Leg., ch. 39, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch.
1285, Sec. 33, eff. Sept. 1, 2000; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 12,
Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1479, Sec. 1,
eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1482, Sec. 1, eff.
Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 371, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1,
2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 5.001, eff. Sept. 1,
2003.
Amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1162, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1,
2005.
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Last modified: August 10, 2007
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