Texas · Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 7.03: ACCUSED BROUGHT BEFORE MAGISTRATE

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What this law says, in plain English

This statute describes a magistrate's procedure for hearing evidence and ordering an accused person to post a bond to keep the peace or refrain from committing a threatened offense for up to one year.

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