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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 22.17. Special Bill Of Review

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Art. 22.17. [440] [504] [492] SPECIAL BILL OF REVIEW.  (a) 
Not later than two years after the date a final judgment is entered 
in a bond forfeiture proceeding, the surety on the bond may file 
with the court a special bill of review.  A special bill of review 
may include a request, on equitable grounds, that the final 
judgment be reformed and that all or part of the bond amount be 
remitted to the surety, after deducting the costs of court, any 
reasonable costs to the county for the return of the principal, and 
the interest accrued on the bond amount from the date of forfeiture.  
The court in its discretion may grant or deny the bill in whole or in 
part.
	(b)  For the purposes of this article, interest accrues on 
the bond amount from the date of:
	(1)  forfeiture to the date of final judgment in the same 
manner and at the same rate as provided for the accrual of 
prejudgment interest in civil cases;  and
	(2)  final judgment to the date of the order for remittitur 
at the same rate as provided for the accrual of postjudgment 
interest in civil cases.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1047, Sec. 4, eff. June 20, 1987.                   

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