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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 44.16. Appeal Bond Given Within What Time

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Art. 44.16. [836] [924] [890] APPEAL BOND GIVEN WITHIN WHAT 
TIME.  If the defendant is not in custody, a notice of appeal as 
provided in Article 44.13 shall have no effect whatever until the 
required appeal bond has been given and approved.  The appeal bond 
shall be given within ten days after the sentence of the court has 
been rendered, except as provided in Article 27.14 of this code.

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.                                

Amended by Acts 1979, 66th Leg., p. 451, ch. 207, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 
1, 1979.

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