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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 17.13. Sufficiency Of Sureties Ascertained

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Art. 17.13. [279] [327] [315] SUFFICIENCY OF SURETIES 
ASCERTAINED.  To test the sufficiency of the security offered to 
any bail bond, unless the court or officer taking the same is fully 
satisfied as to its sufficiency, the following oath shall be made in 
writing and subscribed by the sureties:  "I, do swear that I am 
worth, in my own right, at least the sum of (here insert the amount 
in which the surety is bound), after deducting from my property all 
that which is exempt by the Constitution and Laws of the State from 
forced sale, and after the payment of all my debts of every 
description, whether individual or security debts, and after 
satisfying all encumbrances upon my property which are known to me;  
that I reside in .......... County, and have property in this State 
liable to execution worth said amount or more.
	(Dated .........., and attested by the judge of the court, 
clerk, magistrate or sheriff.)"
	Such affidavit shall be filed with the papers of the 
proceedings.            

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.             

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