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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 23.13. Who May Arrest Under Capias

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Art. 23.13. WHO MAY ARREST UNDER CAPIAS.  A capias may be 
executed by any peace officer.  In felony cases, the defendant must 
be delivered immediately to the sheriff of the county where the 
arrest is made together, with the writ under which he was taken.

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

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