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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 23.11. Sheriff May Take Bail In Felony

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Art. 23.11. SHERIFF MAY TAKE BAIL IN FELONY.  In cases of 
arrest for felony less than capital, made during vacation or made in 
another county than the one in which the prosecution is pending, the 
sheriff may take bail;  in such cases the amount of the bail bond 
shall be the same as is endorsed upon the capias;  and if no amount 
be endorsed on the capias, the sheriff shall require a reasonable 
amount of bail.  If it be made to appear by affidavit, made by any 
district attorney, county attorney, or the sheriff approving the 
bail bond, to a judge of the Court of Criminal Appeals, a justice of 
a court of appeals, or to a judge of the district or county court, 
that the bail taken in any case after indictment is insufficient in 
amount, or that the sureties are not good for the amount, or that 
the bond is for any reason defective or insufficient, such judge 
shall issue a warrant of arrest and require of the defendant 
sufficient bond, according to the nature of the case.

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.  
Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 803, ch. 291, Sec. 105, eff. 
Sept. 1, 1981.

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