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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Chapter 2 General Duties Of OfficersLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Code of Criminal Procedure > Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Chapter 2 General Duties Of Officers Each district attorney shall represent the State in all criminal cases in the district courts of his district and in appeals therefrom, except in cases ... The county attorney shall attend the terms of court in his county below the grade of district court, and shall represent the State in all ... If a district or county attorney receives money from a person who is required by a court order to pay child support through a local ... (a) It shall be the duty of the attorney representing the State to present by information to the court having jurisdiction, any officer for neglect ... Upon complaint being made before a district or county attorney that an offense has been committed in his district or county, he shall reduce the ... If the offense be a misdemeanor, the attorney shall forthwith prepare an information based upon such complaint and file the same in the court having ... For the purpose mentioned in the two preceding Articles, district and county attorneys are authorized to administer oaths. Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. ... (a) Whenever an attorney for the state is disqualified to act in any case or proceeding, is absent from the county or district, or is ... District and county attorneys shall not be of counsel adversely to the State in any case, in any court, nor shall they, after they cease ... Each of the following officers is a magistrate within the meaning of this Code: The justices of the Supreme Court, the judges of the Court ... It is the duty of every magistrate to preserve the peace within his jurisdiction by the use of all lawful means; to issue all process ... When the magistrate sits for the purpose of inquiring into a criminal accusation against any person, this is called an examining court. Acts 1965, 59th ... The following are peace officers: (1) sheriffs, their deputies, and those reserve deputies who hold a permanent peace officer license issued under Chapter 1701, Occupations ... (a) The director of the Department of Public Safety may appoint up to 250 railroad peace officers who are employed by a railroad company to ... (a) The following named criminal investigators of the United States shall not be deemed peace officers, but shall have the powers of arrest, search and ... (a) Within counties under 200,000 population, the chief of police of a municipality or the sheriff of the county, if the institution is outside the ... (a) A commissioned peace officer of a state of the United States of America adjoining this state, while the officer is in this state, has ... (a) The director of the Department of Public Safety may appoint up to 50 special rangers who are employed by the Texas and Southwestern Cattle ... (a) It is the duty of every peace officer to preserve the peace within the officer's jurisdiction. To effect this purpose, the officer shall use ... A peace officer may not engage in racial profiling. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 947, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. ... (a) In this article: (1) "Law enforcement agency" means an agency of the state, or of a county, municipality, or other political subdivision of the ... (a) In this article: (1) "Race or ethnicity" has the meaning assigned by Article 2.132(a). (2) "Pedestrian stop" means an interaction between a peace officer ... (a) In this article, "pedestrian stop" means an interaction between a peace officer and an individual who is being detained for the purpose of a ... (a) A peace officer is exempt from the reporting requirement under Article 2.133 and a law enforcement agency is exempt from the compilation, analysis, and ... A peace officer is not liable for damages arising from an act relating to the collection or reporting of information as required by Article 2.133 ... (a) The Department of Public Safety shall adopt rules for providing funds or video and audio equipment to law enforcement agencies for the purpose of ... The Department of Public Safety may adopt rules to implement Articles 2.131-2.137. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 947, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, ... Whenever a peace officer meets with resistance in discharging any duty imposed upon him by law, he shall summon a sufficient number of citizens of ... The peace officer who has summoned any person to assist him in performing any duty shall report such person, if he refuse to obey, to ... If any sheriff or other officer shall wilfully refuse or fail from neglect to execute any summons, subpoena or attachment for a witness, or any ... Each sheriff shall be a conservator of the peace in his county, and shall arrest all offenders against the laws of the State, in his ... When a prisoner is committed to jail by warrant from a magistrate or court, he shall be placed in jail by the sheriff. It is ... On the first day of each month, the sheriff shall give notice, in writing, to the district or county attorney, where there be one, as ... Wherever a duty is imposed by this Code upon the sheriff, the same duty may lawfully be performed by his deputy. When there is no ... (a) In a criminal proceeding, a clerk of the district or county court shall: (1) receive and file all papers; (2) receive all exhibits at ... In addition to performing duties required by Article 2.21, a clerk of a district or county court in which an affirmative finding under Article 42.014 ... Whenever a duty is imposed upon the clerk of the district or county court, the same may be lawfully performed by his deputy. Acts 1965, ... (a) The clerks of the district and county courts shall, when requested in writing by the Attorney General, report to the Attorney General not later ... (a) The governor may appoint an authenticating officer, in accordance with Subsection (b) of this article, and delegate to that officer the power to sign ... A judge shall report to the United States Immigration and Naturalization Service a person who has been convicted in the judge's court of a crime ... (a) In this section, "digital signature" means an electronic identifier intended by the person using it to have the same force and effect as the ... (a) On receipt of a report that is assigned the highest priority in accordance with rules adopted by the Department of Protective and Regulatory Services ... On receipt of information to the effect that a person's identifying information was falsely given by a person arrested as the arrested person's identifying information, ... (a) A peace officer to whom an alleged violation of Section 32.51, Penal Code, is reported shall make a written report to the law enforcement ... Texas Lawyers
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