Texas · Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 51.09: GOVERNOR MAY DEMAND FUGITIVE
What this law says, in plain English
The Governor may commission someone to retrieve a person accused of a crime in this state who has fled to another state, and return them to the sheriff of the county where the offense occurred.
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