onecle - legal research

Court Opinions

State Laws

US Code

US Constitution

Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Chapter 15 Arrest Under Warrant

Legal Research Home > Texas Laws > Code of Criminal Procedure > Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Chapter 15 Arrest Under Warrant

  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.01 - Warrant Of Arrest
    A "warrant of arrest" is a written order from a magistrate, directed to a peace officer or some other person specially named, commanding him to ...
  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.02 - Requisites Of Warrant
    It issues in the name of "The State of Texas", and shall be sufficient, without regard to form, if it have these substantial requisites: 1. ...
  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.03 - Magistrate May Issue Warrant Or Summons
    (a) A magistrate may issue a warrant of arrest or a summons: 1. In any case in which he is by law authorized to order ...
  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.04 - Complaint
    The affidavit made before the magistrate or district or county attorney is called a "complaint" if it charges the commission of an offense. Acts 1965, ...
  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.05 - Requisites Of Complaint
    The complaint shall be sufficient, without regard to form, if it have these substantial requisites: 1. It must state the name of the accused, if ...
  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.051 - Requiring Polygraph Examination Of Complainant Prohibited
    (a) A peace officer or an attorney representing the state may not require a polygraph examination of a person who charges or seeks to charge ...
  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.06 - Warrant Extends To Every Part Of The State
    A warrant of arrest, issued by any county or district clerk, or by any magistrate (except mayors of an incorporated city or town), shall extend ...
  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.07 - Warrant Issued By Other Magistrate
    When a warrant of arrest is issued by any mayor of an incorporated city or town, it cannot be executed in another county than the ...
  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.08 - Warrant May Be Telegraphed
    A warrant of arrest may be forwarded by telegraph from any telegraph office to another in this State. If issued by any magistrate named in ...
  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.09 - Complaint By Telegraph
    A complaint in accordance with Article 15.05, may be telegraphed, as provided in the preceding Article, to any magistrate in the State; and the magistrate ...
  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.10 - Copy To Be Deposited
    A certified copy of the original warrant or complaint, certified to by the magistrate issuing or taking the same, shall be deposited with the manager ...
  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.11 - Duty Of Telegraph Manager
    When a warrant or complaint is received at a telegraph office for delivery, it shall be delivered to the party to whom it is addressed ...
  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.12 - Warrant Or Complaint Must Be Under Seal
    No manager of a telegraph office shall receive and forward a warrant or complaint unless the same shall be certified to under the seal of ...
  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.13 - Telegram Prepaid
    Whoever presents a warrant or complaint to the manager of a telegraph office to be forwarded by telegraph, shall pay for the same in advance, ...
  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.14 - Arrest After Dismissal Because Of Delay
    If a prosecution of a defendant is dismissed under Article 32.01, the defendant may be rearrested for the same criminal conduct alleged in the dismissed ...
  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.16 - How Warrant Is Executed
    (a) The officer or person executing a warrant of arrest shall without unnecessary delay take the person or have him taken before the magistrate who ...
  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.17 - Duties Of Arresting Officer And Magistrate
    (a) In each case enumerated in this Code, the person making the arrest or the person having custody of the person arrested shall without unnecessary ...
  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.18 - Arrest For Out-Of-County Offense
    (a) A person arrested under a warrant issued in a county other than the one in which the person is arrested shall be taken before ...
  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.19 - Notice Of Arrest
    (a) If the accused fails or refuses to give bail, as provided in the preceding Article, he shall be committed to the jail of the ...
  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.20 - Duty Of Sheriff Receiving Notice
    The sheriff receiving the notice shall forthwith go or send for the prisoner and have him brought before the proper court or magistrate. Acts 1965, ...
  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.21 - Prisoner Discharged If Not Timely Demanded
    If the proper office of the county where the offense is alleged to have been committed does not demand the prisoner and take charge of ...
  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.22 - When A Person Is Arrested
    A person is arrested when he has been actually placed under restraint or taken into custody by an officer or person executing a warrant of ...
  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.23 - Time Of Arrest
    An arrest may be made on any day or at any time of the day or night. Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ...
  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.24 - What Force May Be Used
    In making an arrest, all reasonable means are permitted to be used to effect it. No greater force, however, shall be resorted to than is ...
  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.25 - May Break Door
    In case of felony, the officer may break down the door of any house for the purpose of making an arrest, if he be refused ...
  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.26 - Authority To Arrest Must Be Made Known
    In executing a warrant of arrest, it shall always be made known to the accused under what authority the arrest is made. The warrant shall ...
  • Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Article 15.27 - Notification To Schools Required
    (a) A law enforcement agency that arrests any person or refers a child to the office or official designated by the juvenile board who the ...
  • Last modified: August 11, 2007