Tex. Government Code § 30.00025
This is the official text of Tex. Government Code § 30.00025, part of Texas’s Government Code — covers the structure and operation of Texas state and local government.
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§ 30.00025. CERTIFICATE OF APPELLATE PROCEEDINGS.
Official statutory text
(a) When the judgment of the appellate court becomes final, the clerk of that court shall certify the proceedings and the judgment and shall mail the certificate to the municipal clerk. The municipal clerk shall file the certificate with the papers in the case and note the certificate on the case docket.
(b) If the municipal court of record judgment is affirmed, to enforce the judgment the court may:
(1) forfeit the bond of the defendant;
(2) issue a writ of capias for the defendant;
(3) issue an execution against the defendant's property;
(4) order a refund for the defendant's costs; or
(5) conduct an indigency hearing at the court's discretion.
(b) If the municipal court of record judgment is affirmed, to enforce the judgment the court may:
(1) forfeit the bond of the defendant;
(2) issue a writ of capias for the defendant;
(3) issue an execution against the defendant's property;
(4) order a refund for the defendant's costs; or
(5) conduct an indigency hearing at the court's discretion.
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