OFFICEOFTHEA’ITORNEY GENERALOFTEXAS 

AUSTIN 

Hon. Buliro 8Qud 

Cwntf At tornq 

Fr*euono collnty 

Fairiiold, Tetrr 

Dear BIti: 

und to aak.e wres 

urfiainal procesr 

r8 leEally ret 

We are in reoe 

hdre lartul mthor4 a l p ea o e o fiio er 

oonstablo'r preolaot, 

in without hulng 

8 oonrtable haw the lm&~ 

t eorponration frea ptitaw. 

trolling and anroroiag tb* 

tx,n* 

an the Coamls6lonerr Court lo&- 

l r a tf rhuifftr l lary at ~wbatever 

l nd oolleotB in ?**a'?" 
Eon. Renfro Speed, page 8 

t0llow* 1 

gJustloe Prsoinot Nuubir Three In Frsrrtonr County Ia l mual oration but hr iire 

beer twoma looatrb in the preoinot. Tha 

preolnot loin8 l oounty In whloh beer la n& 

lrgallred, therrrore there are aany p8opla 

of all klndr that irruuent there bsrr t8tern8. 

Coaaepuently, theae beer tavcrxw are In need 

of eooaetant patrollIng by pea08 ofrioera. 

The 8heritf48 drpartaent ha8 too &IA&U roree 

to perioxm tha other butler at tbo oftlee aa4 

to petrol th88o beer taroror at all aeede4 

tlXLB0. The oonBtablo or 8db pr8oInot numbeu 

three dose not ptrol the80 tarrrne end ha8 

been l mo a t l ntl.rUy inaotifo ae oon8kbla, 

Aooordlngl~, theae f1.n beer tusrar haro omplowed 8 aO!iBtSblO of another 4nb 4lfferant 

preoinot In Freertonr ijounty to attend the80 

beer terornr and there aatorao~law and order, 

and them tavern8 p&y thl8 maplofed l ol?strble 

a weekly oomp8nBatlorr. Tslr onetable fron 

another preolnot l ployed by the beer tarernr 

maker l rra8tr oi ofSeder against the law, 

ill.88 rcmplalntr a&n89 them and oolleotr &ia 

ooste In ease@ of oonrlotlon8, all In the 8am 

manner SB lf ho ware in hl8 ewn preeinot. 

eIt has baur proparrod that in thr arc&t 

It IB held that a oonrtablo do@8 not hare authority t0 patrol mb l 5r0r08 the low In a 

preoinot other thaa hi8 om, than l deputy 8herIii be l pFoIatd for the purporr of patrollln& 

r&Id beer taverna awl that the Coami88~oaer8 

court set this deputy 8herIfF8 88law 8b 

~Qrhatster frer he l un8 ob mlleot8~~ fro+ 

stone County ha8 a QOQulntiOn Or OTQ t-n 

thouBan people mib **lade8 are paib to 2I 

l ounty 0rrioialr elld tholr drgutIer.* 

Artlelo 8wB. R.C.&, lotd, provlderr 

The qualified toter8 OS aaeh justlee 

p r eo lnat o f r8oh gsnoral @leeUan l hall *loot 
Eon. Renfro tIpsed, page 8 

a ronatmblo Sor mob preolnot for a term of 

tU0 puBea 

ktiBl0 6685, &&8., l*eb, ~OBO~ibBS th. 

6utIeB o? a ronatable Ia urnem 88 ?ollonr 

.Raoh oonBtable shall l xeoute l ndrharn 

8OOOrdi~ t0 1BW 8n prOOOBB, WUrMtB 8Ud 

preoeptr to him dlrooted and dalIroroQ by 

any lawPa ofiloer, attend upon til jurtloe 

oourtr he14 in him preoinot ud perform all 

much other 4utIeB am 5ay be rewire4 OS him 

bt law,” 

Art101* 4889, &C.B., 

iBdiOtiOll*~ 

19&S, related to hlr~ur- 

=hex'y oonatablr q l XeOutUy B ~rOOeB8 

oltil or OrWMl, thrOughOUt hi8 eOui&y ad 

r~Beuhero 68 w be PrOTided iOr ill the m@ 

of OrImInU booeburo, or other law.” 

Turning to the “ma. of CrIBIml proeeaure”, 

m find a d~?inItIon of Veaoe Ot?Iaerra la ArtId. 

86, Vunont8 Amot8tod CrLoinU Btatute@: 

‘The iollouiry'aro ‘peboo OtfIaerB*: BM 

~huIti @nd hi8 dOpUti88, oonstablo, the 

~rurh811 or polioearn of an inoorporated tmn 

or oltr, the 0ii10*ra, non-~OSiiSBiOnrd ortIasr8 an& private8 o? the St8te Rantser for00 

and any other private p uB8peoial~ On l ppoin&- 

04 to l xooutr erinlaal pr00e88.a (Under8oorI~ 

ourr). 

ml010 57, cod0 or ~rittiml pr00rdt~ ~0. 

TidBB that "It Is the duty Of erav psaae 0triger to 

prcesne the peaor rithin &fig fur! 

roaring OurBr - 

Art101* Ul8, cob* of G?lmiaal Proauluro, and= 

Title 5, “UTeBt, Oodbrwt and ball* ~OridU: 

*A psaoe o?fIo*r or uy other porroo ry, 
Eon. Rmifro Speed, page 4 

without warzaat, arrest an offender when t&o 

Ot?O5BS iB l o mmitte1a 5 hi8 QP SBB5Oe Or With in 

hi8 Tie*, ii the 0ffe50. iB 054 olaased 4 8 l 

felony, or am an tOf?Ba~o against the pub110 

po.08’“. 

Artlola f!!!?l r8lete8 to a 'V4rraat of arrest* 8nU 

~TOTidSB thst Buoh a uBXr8nt: 

*IBBUS~ by any oountf or dirtrIOt olerk, 

or by any asgilrtrak (etcrept oount? OO.-~P~~BB~O~- 

ere or ood88Ioaer8 oourt, marore or reoordsr8 

Of an InOOrjtOrated Oitr Or tOmI), Shall Oxtend 

to any part of the 8tstej and 8ny peaoe ofiloer 

to nhom Said rarrsnt iB direoted, or Into who84 

hand8 the eeme ham been trsneferred, BhaU be 

;uzhm;ga to exeoute the acme In any oounty In 

.a 

It he8 bmaa held in E.EI?SOX T. STATE, 49 S.W. @a) 

465 that Art1010 tf!s l uthorlzl~ the 8h4rl?? to BUTT wa1c 

.+aat outalde him 4ount.J doer not l xt6nd hIr l utborlty to 

arrest without a warrant outside the oountf, and that a 

8h4riff ad a0putf mklng an l rrert nnd 804r0hlng an automOb1.b outside the oouatf wIthout a warrant 8t65a In the 

name relation t0 Boaroh am griTat oitineaB. 

In opinion 80. O-la40 0r ttilr aeportmentto the 

Eon. H.A. iiOdgC8, county Auditor o? w1111Bmr0n COunty, 

Qeorj@OWn, by Hon. UOyd hBt~L& ~BiBt’Ult Attorney 

Ocneraf., It rem held thtt a OOnBtabk ha8 the authorIt 

to l xeoute a warrant of arrest not on17 In etsq preolnot 

within him oounty, but a6 well in 8n7 oounty In the'etate, 

and I~~*ntltled to the fee@ and mileage SIrOTiaBd by law 

thenror. 

Thlr department ham thus ~a4Brb 4??irmatiT4ly upon 

th8 authority of a oonstable to l xeoute a nrr8nt of armBt OUtBide hi8 QlWlnOt. The QUSBtiO5 18 BOW V&Other 

or not he her the l UthOPIty to mab an l rrset outside him 

preolngt but within the oountf without 4 warrent. 

hrtlolo 6889, eupra authoritem a oomttcblr to ox+ 

~2 any prooeae, olril or, OrImlnal t~u@Wt hi8 OOuntJ, 

. 

ArtiolB 56 of thr crimiti OOdO liBt8 b OOnBtabh 

am a %eaoe otrIo4P and Art1010 818 l mPOWtrrB a Pea00 Ofmitt44 ill hi8 ~rcBNO0. It iB tN8 that RrtiOl. 37, NW., 

l tetttB that it lo the duty O? sT4X’y p4.00 dffiO4r 
to preserve tho poaoo wlthln his &rlsdlotlon, but thls 

oannot bs inteqmted w ~rohlblting 8 sonstsblr rakisg 

an arrest wlthout a warrant outside his precinct but 

ulthln him sounty ubsnths offsnss is oomlttod bsfors 

his 4yos* bti018 116 or th8 cdithta ~060, NQP~, OUI 

bo oonstrued as iapllsdlf oonferriag upon s oonstablo 

ths suthorltjr to make an srrest within him OII~ oountq 

whoa thsrs 18 Is@ jsstif'iostion tar suoh arrost. 

The most dlroot suthorlt~ sustalalng our posltlon that wo harm beon sbls to find 18 IMBUFUf f. DURLIA& 

66 S.W. 118, 11% wbloh the roasmnlnng Or ths 8uphms Court 

la answer to oertiilsa pwstlons OS the lornr court 18 

spplloabls to tho preaont situatlon~ b thla oaso it 

was hsla that 8 l lty mushall rsy make l r40t0 in tb 

oowty. wo quota iron? the 4oolslon ss rollas: 

-Slnoe tho jurisdlotlon of tho tarshsll is 

amsun& br that of tho shsrlii is tho. pretsatton sna su~prssslon or l rims and rrrsst or ofr0ndus agalwt the laws OS tho stata, it must 

bs ooextonslto ulthths lidits of tho oounty. 

The purpose oi tha loglslatum to oxtend ths 

jurlsUlstlon of tho marshsll bsyoml tho limits 

of ths town, and msko it ooortsaslvs with that 

of the sheriff lntho mattor of arrests, is 

further l tldsno~d by tho faot that a ruarrant 

Of arrest' may bo ait0otea to hlm, and suoh 

warrant he ray sxoouta anpimn ln the oounty, 

whorsas all 01~11 pmsess, unlsss othenlss 

spsolsll~ pr0rid0a by lslr, must bs dh0t0a to 

tho *ahorifr or sny sonstabls*.~ 

wo han boon sbls to find two priMou8 oplnioss 

ot tho Attorwy thnusl~s Dopartmont under prior adainistrations relatilyl ta this qusmtlon although suthorttlss 

l m not 0it0a. 
On Mar 81, lQS1, Eon. hormtt F. Johnron, ABslstaat Attorney ~aorsl, ln an oplnlori to Eon. 8.0. 

Bmnett, County Attorney, DUWS, Tata8, statsdt 

Vho puestlon o? 8 ooastablo*s suthorlt~ 

to aaks urosts without 8 rarrsnt 1s well oov0-a in vour brim?, snd 2 ooaeur dth ymt in 

tho oonolusloa thet tb ooastablo has the rl&ht 

to make arrests throughout tho oouaty, the ssas 

mm tho sherl??.* 

Eon. 8.1. Oray, AsSlstsnt Attorns~ tJ~aeral, on 

Ootobor 15, lQS8, wrote Shrri?? Tom Abel, Lubbook County, Lubbock, ?ems, to thm l tfoott 

u + * l JOU sro nspsotfully 8ari80a that 

this &OpUtJUWt ha8 h4F4tOiOrS ZWtd4md Opinions uhleh la stfeot oar- with lt tho right o? 

8 aoastablo to make sn arrest out of his proolnet. You are oorrsot ia your statiagthst l&a 

shsll&~o the right to servo *nf o1rS.L paper 

or execute a warrant in tho roux&r. Xt follows 

that ltthls be true that ho shsll llkswlso 

hare mar@ authority to MI&O an UMst ia say 

part oi the l ounty.w 

We rlsh to’oall attention to tho ?olm pq 

#graph frmm ~eras Psaos Ot?lOSr'S Yan~al” by BlUWhot, 

nif~0nb~~ aa Am0iat 

*ho oonstablo, llko thq shd.?f, 1s UI o?- 

tloer noognhb by ths ststutss o? Toras, snd 

is 00n08mra only with tho sdmlnlstratlon or tho 

law es 8 minlstsrlal oftteer. The terrltorlsl 

jorlsUlotloe o? the oonstebla srtends, llks that 

of the sherltf, tc, the wholo Mwnt~, Although 

ho la 8~10oal QWOO ofrloer, snb ho 1s also ontltlod to malt4 arrests with S warmnt bayon& 

tz? llmlts a? his SouatT, tuot as 18 tho sher- 

.* 

In oamwu to 

@ 

ur rlrst q?ISstloa, it 18 our 

opinion that a ooastab ray lsw?ully m&s sn arrest la 

8 pI%dnof OS the OOwty OthW than his own WithOUt 8 
Hon. Bmrrm spssa, page T 

warrant when ho would othrzwlss bo suthorlud by law ts 

make tha arrest under tho CriolMl Cod0 of Proodun; 

and thet ulill4 it is his primary duty uadsr Art1010 87, 

code 0s crlmlnal Prooeburr, Yernoa~s hnotat4d criminal 

Stshtes, to prmser?g tho pot100 wlthla his proofnot, 

still his jurls6lotloa is soortsnslro .&th the llmlts 

0s tho oount~. 

wo r sr r a lrrapl a l a+mobg cm opinion on tho suthorlty oi a oonstablo %o patrol and polloo ar l p o a oo 

oftloar the tbrrltory of another sonstablo~s preolaot* 

beoauso of the general snb all-ombraolng soaps o? tho 

rords wpatrol sad. pollooa~ Ws dosm it sdrlsabls to rulo 

oalf upon tho suthorlt7 of tho ooastebls to do owtmln 

a 0tmt0 l 0t8. 

Tour seooad quostlon arks uhother or no% a ooasteble her the logel right to 8caept oompoasatioo fropl 

geltats sour~bs for pstrolllag sad l ar4rolng ths lmv. 

in 0pftd0tt x0. 0-m 0f this a0partmetit t0 ~0th 

~dgar~P?oll, Couatf Attoraot, Ouadslups Coaatr, 6sgula, 

Texes, br Hon. Ardoll Wllllems, Assistant AttOrwf Oaaoral, it WEB hold that I a0ptf sherlrr who pros4no4 

the poser at a publlo oolrbretloa snd dsaco would bo 

80tkrg ulthlaths 800~ 0t hi8 0rri0ial duty 8n4 rotid 

not be l atltlo6 to reo4lrr l ztra oompoasatlon from tho 

oouat7 or imm third porums, a dlfroroat, or a greater 

or leos oompoasetlon for hi8 Orfield 60~~1048 than 

that rhioh hsd bean ~resorlbod by 1.h~~ 

Zt 1s our opinion that a oonsteblr only has tho 

logal right to soaopt oonpsnsatloa presorlbad for him by 

ler sa& thet ha may not lsgally aoaopt 0 l asatloa from 

grltato so~~os tor pat.roIllpg pnd p4rfo a hls ad88 

0s l nforolag the law. 

Turning to your third quo$lda, tho maxbun 8n- 

~UU~~~OW~OM to a0putr ofrloors *re air0 rid br 

68 T&x. JOB. Meg Art1010 6006, Yuaoa*s Annotated Civil StatUt(ll. ~' 

-is utlolo -a 8~~17 to a0putt 8horlrfs~ 

Xt provLdo8 that the Ooaud88lwUS' 00Utt shall fir Uu 
Hcm Xonfro 8psob, 

oompeasatloa to be paid thOm* 

PagO 6 

'1. In oountlos hadng 8 populatl0n 0s 

two&y-flto thourand (I!b,OOO) or lrms lnhabltants, tlrat assi8tcnt or ohlef a0 

l roeed l lght4sn hundred ($1690.00 s 

uty not to 

dollars per 

snnum; other assistants, deputies or olerks 

not to 0~044b rirt44n hundrd ((ia00.00) a0ilars pu annua oaoh.' 

xn oouatios ahuo oounty orrious arm oompoasated os a salary basis under Gsotloa 5, Artlols Sol&, 

Vunoa*s Annotct4d clrii t3tatut48, r448 and aommisslonr 

oollaoted for 0rri0ial menfoe ahsllbe a0p08itOb la th0 

O?rloer*s 8alaa-y Fun& 

6eotlon 6 of Art1010 SSl80 prod&oat 

*IO all oaoos tin tho oodssloaors~ 

OOU& shall harm aotonalwd that Oountf off;- 

oers or proofnot o??loers in such oountf shall 

be oompeasated for their S4rvior8 by the pmp 

mea ot f sn annual l a la r y, aolther tho a t& o or 

Tana nor any oounty shall be ohargea with or 

psy to sny o? th0 orrlo0rs so ampoasatod, sny 

roe or oomlsslon for the performonoo of any 

or sll o? the dutlos of tholr o??lOor but suoh 

offloors shall rooelva said salary ln llou of 

sll other S448, oo5ml6sloas or oomp0asatloa 

wi&hatpr ypuLd otherwlso bo l uth o r isob to nXt rollows that 8 *ssl~ ootit ray not oompOamto oao or its o??loer@ on a SO8 bar I: a, ths others 

on a 8alq bad8. 

ft 18 eitr~oplnioa that la l ountles &hors sslsr1 08 l 4 paid t0 au OOUItty Or?iOftLb 82~6 thSh dOPUtfO8, 

ths ooamilsslonOrs~ oourt is prohibited uador Art1010 

69U0, Vernon** Aaaotatea Clril statut4s, frQm fixing 

tho 0oaponPatloa a? 8 sp4olal a0puty shorirf~s salaq 

a t wh a ter er h s l UM 4 nd oolloots la r0085 
72 

Xna. amafm sp00a, pw m 

Truatlng that wo haro fully snswenh your 

three lnqulrles, wa M 

rours very truly 

ATTOBNBT OXIEBAL OF BXA8 

9 I :-\c Qs-44 

Dlok Stout 

Asrlstsnt 

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