Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
Chapter 21. INDICTMENT AND INFORMATION |
Art. 21.21. REQUISITES OF AN INFORMATION |
An information is sufficient if it has the following requisites: 1. It shall commence, "In the name and by authority of the State of Texas"; 2. That it appear to have been presented in a court having jurisdiction of the offense set forth; 3. That it appear to have been presented by the proper officer; 4. That it contain the name of the accused, or state that his name is unknown and give a reasonably accurate description of him; 5. It must appear that the place where the offense is charged to have been committed is within the jurisdiction of the court where the information is filed; 6. That the time mentioned be some date anterior to the filing of the information, and that the offense does not appear to be barred by limitation; 7. That the offense be set forth in plain and intelligible words; 8. That it conclude, "Against the peace and dignity of the State"; and 9. It must be signed by the district or county attorney, officially. |
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966. |