Texas Code Of Criminal Procedure Title 1, Chapter 15 - Arrest Under Warrant

• Texas 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 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 Article 15.08 - Warrant May Be Forwarded
  A warrant of arrest may be forwarded by any method that ensures the transmission of a duplicate of the original warrant, including secure facsimile transmission...
• Texas Article 15.09 - Complaint May Be Forwarded
  A complaint in accordance with Article 15.05, may be forwarded as provided by Article 15.08 to any magistrate in the State; and the magistrate who...
• Texas 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 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 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 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 Article 15.19 - Notice Of Arrest
  (a) If the arrested person fails or refuses to give bail, as provided in Article 15.18, the arrested person shall be committed to the jail...
• Texas Article 15.20 - Duty Of Sheriff Receiving Notice
  (a) Subject to Subsection (b), the sheriff receiving the notice of arrest and commitment under Article 15.19 shall forthwith go or send for the arrested...
• Texas 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 arrested person and take charge...
• Texas 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 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 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 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 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 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: September 28, 2016