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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 49. INQUESTS UPON DEAD BODIES |
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Subchapter A. DUTIES PERFORMED BY JUSTICES OF THE PEACE |
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Art. 49.20. REQUISITES OF WARRANT |
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A warrant of arrest issued under Article 49.19 of this code is sufficient if it: (1) is issued in the name of "The State of Texas"; (2) specifies the name of the person whose arrest is ordered or, if the person's name is unknown, reasonably describes the person; (3) recites in plain language the offense with which the person is charged; and (4) is signed and dated by a justice of the peace. |
| Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. |