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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 24.17. Duty Of Officer Receiving Said Subpoena

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Art. 24.17. [476] [540] DUTY OF OFFICER RECEIVING SAID 
SUBPOENA.  The officer receiving said subpoena shall execute the 
same by delivering a copy thereof to each witness therein named.  He 
shall make due return of said subpoena, showing therein the time and 
manner of executing the same, and if not executed, such return shall 
show why not executed, the diligence used to find said witness, and 
such information as the officer has as to the whereabouts of said 
witness.

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

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