Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 17.53
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 17.53, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 17.53. PROCEDURES AND FORMS RELATED TO MONETARY BOND.
Official statutory text
The Office of Court Administration of the Texas Judicial System shall develop statewide procedures and prescribe forms to be used by a court to facilitate:
(1) the refund of any cash funds paid toward a monetary bond, with an emphasis on refunding those funds to the person in whose name the receipt described by Article 17.02 was issued; and
(2) the application of those cash funds to the defendant's outstanding court costs, fines, and fees.
(1) the refund of any cash funds paid toward a monetary bond, with an emphasis on refunding those funds to the person in whose name the receipt described by Article 17.02 was issued; and
(2) the application of those cash funds to the defendant's outstanding court costs, fines, and fees.
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