Texas Code Of Criminal Procedure Title 1, Chapter 7 - Proceedings Before Magistrates To Prevent Offenses

• Texas Article 7.01 - Shall Issue Warrant
  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...
• Texas Article 7.02 - Appearance Bond Pending Peace Bond Hearing
  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...
• Texas Article 7.03 - Accused Brought Before Magistrate
  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...
• Texas Article 7.04 - Form Of Peace Bond
  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...
• Texas Article 7.05 - Oath Of Surety; Bond Filed
  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...
• Texas Article 7.06 - Amount Of Bail
  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...
• Texas Article 7.07 - Surety May Exonerate Himself
  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...
• Texas Article 7.08 - Failure To Give Bond
  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...
• Texas Article 7.09 - Discharge Of Defendant
  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...
• Texas Article 7.10 - May Discharge Defendant
  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...
• Texas Article 7.13 - When The Defendant Has Committed A Crime
  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...
• Texas Article 7.14 - Costs
  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...
• Texas Article 7.15 - May Order Protection
  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...
• Texas Article 7.16 - Suit On Bond
  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...
• Texas Article 7.17 - Limitation And Procedure
  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...
• Texas Article 7.18 - Contempt
  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: September 28, 2016