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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE |
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Chapter 45. JUSTICE AND MUNICIPAL COURTS |
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Subchapter B. PROCEDURES FOR JUSTICE AND MUNICIPAL COURTS |
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Art. 45.047. CIVIL COLLECTION OF FINES AFTER JUDGMENT |
| If after a judgment and sentence is entered the defendant defaults in payment of a fine, the justice or judge may order the fine and costs collected by execution against the defendant's property in the same manner as a judgment in a civil suit. |
| Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1545, Sec. 47, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. |