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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 19.14. Summoning

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Art. 19.14. [345] [396] [384] SUMMONING.  The sheriff shall 
summon the persons named in the list at least three days, exclusive 
of the day of service, prior to the day on which the grand jury is to 
be impaneled, by giving personal notice to each juror of the time 
and place when and where he is to attend as a grand juror, or by 
leaving at his place of residence with a member of his family over 
sixteen years old, a written notice to such juror that he has been 
selected as a grand juror, and the time and place when and where he 
is to attend;  or the judge, at his election, may direct the sheriff 
to summon the grand jurors by registered or certified mail.

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.  
Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 
1993.

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