Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 22.01
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 22.01, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 22.01. BAIL FORFEITED, WHEN.
Official statutory text
When a defendant is bound by bail to appear and fails to appear in any court in which such case may be pending and at any time when his personal appearance is required under this Code, or by any court or magistrate, a forfeiture of his bail and a judicial declaration of such forfeiture shall be taken in the manner provided in Article 22.02 of this Code and entered by such court.
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