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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 17.29. Accused Liberated

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Art. 17.29. [295] [346] [334] ACCUSED LIBERATED.  (a) When 
the accused has given the required bond, either to the magistrate or 
the officer having him in custody, he shall at once be set at 
liberty.
	(b)  Before releasing on bail a person arrested for an 
offense under Section 42.072, Penal Code, or a person arrested or 
held without warrant in the prevention of family violence, the law 
enforcement agency holding the person shall make a reasonable 
attempt to give personal notice of the imminent release to the 
victim of the alleged offense or to another person designated by the 
victim to receive the notice.  An attempt by an agency to give 
notice to the victim or the person designated by the victim at the 
victim's or person's last known telephone number or address, as 
shown on the records of the agency, constitutes a reasonable 
attempt to give notice under this subsection.  If possible, the 
arresting officer shall collect the address and telephone number of 
the victim at the time the arrest is made and shall communicate that 
information to the agency holding the person.
	(c)  A law enforcement agency or an employee of a law 
enforcement agency is not liable for damages arising from complying 
or failing to comply with Subsection (b) of this article.
	(d)  In this article, "family violence" has the meaning 
assigned by Section 71.004, Family Code.

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.  
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 656, Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 
1995;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 661, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995;  
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 3, eff. Jan. 28, 1997;  Acts 2003, 
78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 7.002(e), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

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