Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 15.18. Arrest For Out-Of-County Offense
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Art. 15.18. ARREST FOR OUT-OF-COUNTY OFFENSE. (a) A person
arrested under a warrant issued in a county other than the one in
which the person is arrested shall be taken before a magistrate of
the county where the arrest takes place or, to provide more
expeditiously to the arrested person the warnings described by
Article 15.17, before a magistrate in any other county of this
state, including the county where the warrant was issued. The
magistrate shall:
(1) take bail, if allowed by law, and, if without
jurisdiction, immediately transmit the bond taken to the court
having jurisdiction of the offense; or
(2) in the case of a person arrested under warrant for an
offense punishable by fine only, accept a written plea of guilty or
nolo contendere, set a fine, determine costs, accept payment of the
fine and costs, give credit for time served, determine indigency,
or, on satisfaction of the judgment, discharge the defendant, as
the case may indicate.
(b) Before the 11th business day after the date a magistrate
accepts a written plea of guilty or nolo contendere in a case under
Subsection (a)(2), the magistrate shall, if without jurisdiction,
transmit to the court having jurisdiction of the offense:
(1) the written plea;
(2) any orders entered in the case; and
(3) any fine or costs collected in the case.
(c) The arrested person may be taken before a magistrate by
means of an electronic broadcast system as provided by and subject
to the requirements of Article 15.17.
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.
Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 145, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 1094, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1,
2005.
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Last modified: August 11, 2007
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