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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Chapter 7 Proceedings Before Magistrates To Prevent OffensesLegal Research Home > Texas Laws > Code of Criminal Procedure > Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Chapter 7 Proceedings Before Magistrates To Prevent Offenses Whenever a magistrate is informed upon oath that an offense is about to be committed against the person or property of the informant, or of ... In proceedings under this Chapter, the accused shall have the right to make an appearance bond; such bond shall be conditioned as appearance bonds in ... When the accused has been brought before the magistrate, he shall hear proof as to the accusation, and if he be satisfied that there is ... Such bond shall be sufficient if it be payable to the State of Texas, conditioned as required in said order of the magistrate, be for ... The officer taking such bond shall require the sureties of the accused to make oath as to the value of their property as pointed out ... The magistrate, in fixing the amount of such bonds, shall be governed by the pecuniary circumstances of the accused and the nature of the offense ... A surety upon any such bond may, at any time before a breach thereof, exonerate himself from the obligations of the same by delivering to ... If the defendant fail to give bond, he shall be committed to jail for one year from the date of the first order requiring such ... A defendant committed for failing to give bond shall be discharged by the officer having him in custody, upon giving the required bond, or at ... If the magistrate believes from the evidence that there is no good reason to apprehend that the offense was intended or will be committed, or ... If it appears from the evidence before the magistrate that the defendant has committed a criminal offense, the same proceedings shall be had as in ... If the accused is found subject to the charge and required to give bond, the costs of the proceedings shall be adjudged against him. Acts ... When, from the nature of the case and the proof offered to the magistrate, it may appear necessary and proper, he shall have a right ... A suit to forfeit any bond taken under the provisions of this Chapter shall be brought in the name of the State by the district ... Suits upon such bonds shall be commenced within two years from the breach of the same, and not thereafter, and shall be governed by the ... Violation of a condition of bond imposed under this chapter is punishable by: (1) forfeiture of the bond; (2) imposition of the fine and confinement ... Last modified: August 11, 2007 |
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