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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 23.08. Reasons For Retaining Capias

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Art. 23.08. [448] [512] [500] REASONS FOR RETAINING 
CAPIAS.  When the capias is not returned at the time fixed in the 
writ, the officer holding it shall notify the court from whence it 
was issued, in writing, of his reasons for retaining it.

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

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