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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 21.22. Information Based Upon Complaint

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Art. 21.22. [415] [479] [467] INFORMATION BASED UPON 
COMPLAINT.  No information shall be presented until affidavit has 
been made by some credible person charging the defendant with an 
offense.  The affidavit shall be filed with the information.  It may 
be sworn to before the district or county attorney who, for that 
purpose, shall have power to administer the oath, or it may be made 
before any officer authorized by law to administer oaths.

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.             

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