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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 17.031. Release On Personal Bond

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Art. 17.031. RELEASE ON PERSONAL BOND.  (a) Any magistrate 
in this state may release a defendant eligible for release on 
personal bond under Article 17.03 of this code on his personal bond 
where the complaint and warrant for arrest does not originate in the 
county wherein the accused is arrested if the magistrate would have 
had jurisdiction over the matter had the complaint arisen within 
the county wherein the magistrate presides.  The personal bond may 
not be revoked by the judge of the court issuing the warrant for 
arrest except for good cause shown.
	(b)  If there is a personal bond office in the county from 
which the warrant for arrest was issued, the court releasing a 
defendant on his personal bond will forward a copy of the personal 
bond to the personal bond office in that county.

Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 2445, ch. 787, Sec. 1, eff. June 8, 
1971.  Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 374, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 
1, 1989.

Last modified: August 11, 2007