Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 17A.03. Summoning Corporation Or Association
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Art. 17A.03. SUMMONING CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION. (a) When
a complaint is filed or an indictment or information presented
against a corporation or association, the court or clerk shall
issue a summons to the corporation or association. The summons
shall be in the same form as a capias except that:
(1) it shall summon the corporation or association to appear
before the court named at the place stated in the summons; and
(2) it shall be accompanied by a certified copy of the
complaint, indictment, or information; and
(3) it shall provide that the corporation or association
appear before the court named at or before 10 a.m. of the Monday
next after the expiration of 20 days after it is served with
summons, except when service is made upon the secretary of state or
the Commissioner of Insurance, in which instance the summons shall
provide that the corporation or association appear before the court
named at or before 10 a.m. of the Monday next after the expiration
of 30 days after the secretary of state or the Commissioner of
Insurance is served with summons.
(b) No individual may be arrested upon a complaint,
indictment, information, judgment, or sentence against a
corporation or association.
Added by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 980, ch. 399, Sec. 2(D), eff. Jan.
1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 46, Sec. 10, eff.
Sept. 1, 1987.
Article: 7A.02 7A.03 7A.04 7A.05 7A.06 17A.01 17A.02 17A.03 17A.04 17A.05 17A.06 17A.07 17A.08 17A.09 46A.01
Last modified: August 11, 2007
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