Texas Code Of Criminal Procedure Title 1, Chapter 22 - Forfeiture Of Bail

• Texas Article 22.01 - Bail Forfeited, When
  When a defendant is bound by bail to appear and fails to appear in any court in which such case may be pending and at...
• Texas Article 22.02 - Manner Of Taking A Forfeiture
  Bail bonds and personal bonds are forfeited in the following manner: The name of the defendant shall be called distinctly at the courthouse door, and...
• Texas Article 22.03 - Citation To Sureties
  (a) Upon entry of judgment, a citation shall issue forthwith notifying the sureties of the defendant, if any, that the bond has been forfeited, and...
• Texas Article 22.035 - Citation To Defendant Posting Cash Bond
  A citation to a defendant who posted a cash bond shall be served to the defendant at the address shown on the face of the...
• Texas Article 22.04 - Requisites Of Citation
  A citation shall be sufficient if it be in the form provided for citations in civil cases in such court; provided, however, that a copy...
• Texas Article 22.05 - Citation As In Civil Actions
  If service of citation is not waived under Article 22.03, a surety is entitled to notice by service of citation, the length of time and...
• Texas Article 22.06 - Citation By Publication
  Where the surety is a nonresident of the State, or where he is a transient person, or where his residence is unknown, the district or...
• Texas Article 22.07 - Cost Of Publication
  When service of citation is made by publication, the county in which the forfeiture has been taken shall pay the costs thereof, to be taxed...
• Texas Article 22.08 - Service Out Of The State
  Service of a certified copy of the citation upon any absent or non-resident surety may be made outside of the limits of this State by...
• Texas Article 22.09 - When Surety Is Dead
  If the surety is dead at the time the forfeiture is taken, the forfeiture shall nevertheless be valid. The final judgment shall not be rendered...
• Texas Article 22.10 - Scire Facias Docket
  When a forfeiture has been declared upon a bond, the court or clerk shall docket the case upon the scire facias or upon the civil...
• Texas Article 22.11 - Sureties May Answer
  After the forfeiture of the bond, if the sureties, if any, have been duly notified, the sureties, if any, may answer in writing and show...
• Texas Article 22.12 - Proceedings Not Set Aside For Defect Of Form
  The bond, the judgment declaring the forfeiture, the citation and the return thereupon, shall not be set aside because of any defect of form; but...
• Texas Article 22.125 - Powers Of The Court
  After a judicial declaration of forfeiture is entered, the court may proceed with the trial required by Article 22.14 of this code. The court may...
• Texas Article 22.13 - Causes Which Will Exonerate
  (a) The following causes, and no other, will exonerate the defendant and his sureties, if any, from liability upon the forfeiture taken: 1. That the...
• Texas Article 22.14 - Judgment Final
  When, upon a trial of the issues presented, no sufficient cause is shown for the failure of the principal to appear, the judgment shall be...
• Texas Article 22.15 - Judgment Final By Default
  When the sureties have been duly cited and fail to answer, and the principal also fails to answer within the time limited for answering in...
• Texas Article 22.16 - Remittitur After Forfeiture
  (a) After forfeiture of a bond and before entry of a final judgment, the court shall, on written motion, remit to the surety the amount...
• Texas Article 22.17 - Special Bill Of Review
  (a) Not later than two years after the date a final judgment is entered in a bond forfeiture proceeding, the surety on the bond may...
• Texas Article 22.18 - Limitation
  An action by the state to forfeit a bail bond under this chapter must be brought not later than the fourth anniversary of the date...

Last modified: September 28, 2016