Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 31A.051
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 31A.051, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 31A.051. CLERK'S DUTIES ON CHANGE OF VENUE.
Official statutory text
If a court orders a change of venue in a criminal case, the clerk of the court in which the prosecution is pending shall prepare and transmit to the clerk of the court to which the venue is changed:
(1) a certified copy of the court's order directing the change of venue;
(2) a certified copy of the defendant's bail bond or personal bond, if any;
(3) the original papers in the case; and
(4) a certificate of the transmitting clerk under that clerk's official seal that the papers described by Subdivision (3) are all the papers on file in the case in the court in which the prosecution is pending.
(1) a certified copy of the court's order directing the change of venue;
(2) a certified copy of the defendant's bail bond or personal bond, if any;
(3) the original papers in the case; and
(4) a certificate of the transmitting clerk under that clerk's official seal that the papers described by Subdivision (3) are all the papers on file in the case in the court in which the prosecution is pending.
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