Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 2.16. Neglecting To Execute Process
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Art. 2.16. [40] [47] [48] NEGLECTING TO EXECUTE PROCESS. If
any sheriff or other officer shall wilfully refuse or fail from
neglect to execute any summons, subpoena or attachment for a
witness, or any other legal process which it is made his duty by law
to execute, he shall be liable to a fine for contempt not less than
ten nor more than two hundred dollars, at the discretion of the
court. The payment of such fine shall be enforced in the same
manner as fines for contempt in civil cases.
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.
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