Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 15.21
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 15.21, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 15.21. RELEASE ON PERSONAL BOND IF NOT TIMELY DEMANDED.
Official statutory text
If the proper office of the county where the offense is alleged to have been committed does not demand an arrested person described by Article 15.19 and take charge of the arrested person before the 11th day after the date the person is committed to the jail of the county in which the person is arrested, a magistrate in the county where the person was arrested shall:
(1) release the arrested person on personal bond without sureties or other security; and
(2) forward the personal bond to:
(A) the sheriff of the county where the offense is alleged to have been committed; or
(B) the court that issued the warrant of arrest.
(1) release the arrested person on personal bond without sureties or other security; and
(2) forward the personal bond to:
(A) the sheriff of the county where the offense is alleged to have been committed; or
(B) the court that issued the warrant of arrest.
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