Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 9.02
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 9.02, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 9.02. REFUSAL TO GIVE BOND.
Official statutory text
If the party refuses to give bond when required under the provisions of the preceding Article, the court may either commit him to jail, or make an order requiring the sheriff to seize upon the implements of such trade, business or occupation, or the goods and property used in conducting such trade, business or occupation, and destroy the same.
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