Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 21.21. Requisites Of An Information
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Art. 21.21. [414] [478] [466] REQUISITES OF AN
INFORMATION. An information is sufficient if it has the following
requisites:
1. It shall commence, "In the name and by authority of the
State of Texas";
2. That it appear to have been presented in a court having
jurisdiction of the offense set forth;
3. That it appear to have been presented by the proper
officer;
4. That it contain the name of the accused, or state that his
name is unknown and give a reasonably accurate description of him;
5. It must appear that the place where the offense is charged
to have been committed is within the jurisdiction of the court where
the information is filed;
6. That the time mentioned be some date anterior to the filing
of the information, and that the offense does not appear to be
barred by limitation;
7. That the offense be set forth in plain and intelligible
words;
8. That it conclude, "Against the peace and dignity of the
State"; and
9. It must be signed by the district or county attorney,
officially.
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.
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