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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Chapter 43 Execution Of JudgmentLegal Research Home > Texas Lawyer > Code of Criminal Procedure > Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Chapter 43 Execution Of Judgment (a) When the sentence against an individual defendant is for fine and costs, he shall be discharged from the same: (1) when the amount thereof ... All recognizances, bail bonds, and undertakings of any kind, whereby a party becomes bound to pay money to the State, and all fines and forfeitures ... (a) If a defendant is sentenced to pay a fine or costs or both and the defendant defaults in payment, the court after a hearing ... When a judgment and sentence have been rendered against a defendant for a fine in his absence, the court may order a capias issued for ... Where such capias issues, it shall state the rendition and amount of the judgment and sentence, and command the sheriff to bring the defendant before ... The capias provided for in this Chapter may be issued to any county in the State, and shall be executed and returned as in other ... In each case of pecuniary fine, an execution may issue for the fine and costs, though a capias was issued for the defendant; and a ... When a defendant has been committed to jail in default of the fine and costs adjudged against him, the further enforcement of such judgment and ... (a) When a defendant is convicted of a misdemeanor and his punishment is assessed at a pecuniary fine or is confined in a jail after ... A municipal court, regardless of whether the court is a court of record, or a justice court may waive payment of a fine or cost ... Where the punishment assessed in a conviction for misdemeanor is confinement in jail for more than one day, or where in such conviction the punishment ... (a) A defendant confined in county jail awaiting trial or a defendant confined in county jail after conviction of a felony or revocation of community ... When, by the judgment and sentence of the court, a defendant is to be confined in jail, a certified copy of such judgment and sentence ... A capias issued for the arrest and commitment of one convicted of a misdemeanor, the penalty of which or any part thereof is a fine, ... (a) A defendant who has remained in jail the length of time required by the judgment and sentence shall be discharged. The sheriff shall return ... (a) An individual listed in Subsection (c) of this article and the governmental entity that the individual serves as an officer or employee are not ... Whenever the sentence of death is pronounced against a convict, the sentence shall be executed at any time after the hour of 6 p.m. on ... (a) If an initial application under Article 11.071 is timely filed, the convicting court may not set an execution date before: (1) the court of ... Whenever any person is sentenced to death, the clerk of the court in which the sentence is pronounced, shall within ten days after the court ... Immediately upon the receipt of such warrant, the sheriff shall transport such condemned person to the Director of the Department of Corrections, if he has ... Upon the receipt of such condemned person by the Director of the Department of Corrections, the condemned person shall be confined therein until the time ... The Director of the Texas Department of Corrections, shall designate an executioner to carry out the death penalty provided by law. Acts 1965, 59th Leg., ... The execution shall take place at a location designated by the Texas Department of Corrections in a room arranged for that purpose. Acts 1965, 59th ... The following persons may be present at the execution: the executioner, and such persons as may be necessary to assist him in conducting the execution; ... If the condemned escape after sentence and before his delivery to the Director of the Department of Corrections, and be not rearrested until after the ... If the condemned person escapes after his delivery to the Director of the Department of Corrections, and is not retaken before the time appointed for ... When the execution of sentence is suspended or respited to another date, same shall be noted on the warrant and on the arrival of such ... No torture, or ill treatment, or unnecessary pain, shall be inflicted upon a prisoner to be executed under the sentence of the law. Acts 1965, ... The body of a convict who has been legally executed shall be embalmed immediately and so directed by the Director of the Department of Corrections. ... The sheriff may, when he supposes there will be a necessity, order such number of citizens of his county, or request any military or militia ... Texas Lawyers
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