Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 16.20.
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Art. 16.20. [264] [311] [299] "COMMITMENT". A "commitment"
is an order signed by the proper magistrate directing a sheriff to
receive and place in jail the person so committed. It will be
sufficient if it have the following requisites:
1. That it run in the name of "The State of Texas";
2. That it be addressed to the sheriff of the county to the
jail of which the defendant is committed;
3. That it state in plain language the offense for which the
defendant is committed, and give his name, if it be known, or if
unknown, contain an accurate description of the defendant;
4. That it state to what court and at what time the defendant
is to be held to answer;
5. When the prisoner is sent out of the county where the
prosecution arose, the warrant of commitment shall state that there
is no safe jail in the proper county; and
6. If bail has been granted, the amount of bail shall be
stated in the warrant of commitment.
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.
Article: 16.13 16.14 16.15 16.16 16.17 16.18 16.19 16.20 16.21 16.22 17.01 17.02 17.03 17.031 17.032
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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