Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 51.12
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 51.12, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 51.12. SHERIFF TO REPORT.
Official statutory text
Each sheriff upon the close of any regular term of the district or criminal district court in his county, or within thirty days thereafter, shall make out and mail to the Director of the Department of Public Safety a certified list of all persons, who, after indictment for a felony, have fled from said county. Such lists shall contain the full name of each such fugitive, the offense with which he is charged, and a description giving his age, height, weight, color and occupation, the complexion of the skin and the color of eyes and hair, and any peculiarity in person, speech, manner or gait that may serve to identify such person so far as the sheriff may be able to give them. The Director of the Department of Public Safety shall prescribe and forward to all sheriffs the necessary blanks upon which are to be made the lists herein required.
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