Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 13A.003
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 13A.003, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 13A.003. WHEN VENUE CANNOT BE DETERMINED.
Official statutory text
If an offense has been committed in this state and the county in which the offense was committed cannot be readily determined, the offense may be prosecuted in the county:
(1) in which the defendant resides;
(2) in which the defendant is apprehended; or
(3) to which the defendant is extradited.
(1) in which the defendant resides;
(2) in which the defendant is apprehended; or
(3) to which the defendant is extradited.
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