OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OF TEXAS 

AUSTIN 
*BelleYing that the iqertl~@ or the infoaaatlon 

aboat U8 tatontlan oi ?iU.q thaD ocmplalnt by the 

Ceputy, *to., nap hwo wfi0d to oon8titutr an erred, 

tha Xustiae of the Pease aI.Lowd the arnatlna; ia, oi 

$8.00 but dlrraUowed any isa ter aotitment or raleam. 

Th& deputy had mado a return on the warrant ohar,&q 

$S.OO for 6rrfmt, $1.00 for o6nmitmont end 41.00 for 

rOl@(U** 

‘(a) +a# t& deputy entit1.d to the $8.00 

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Ron. AlSX mllg, page 3 

&‘tiClb 1066, VOW’8 &Ul5tatbd TO-8 t?bdO Of 

Crimimt> Prooehre, read8 in part a8 folla8: 

"The ?ollorinfJ ?808 8htil be alhW8d thb BhWiti, 

OP other peace offioer perforahg the oeuw B8miee8 in 

mlsdekanor caeea, to be taxed against the de?muWat 

on convic+don: 

"1. For exeouting eaoh Mrrut o? wrert 812 onp%ao, 

or @Using uTe8t WithaUt WaXl%IRt, two d@l.larr, 

* 

. . . 

"6. Tar eaoh OomitmbRt er r*18Ci8., onb bol1.u. . . ." 

60 be peld 

AFtiOlb lo66 V. A. a. a. P*, &#?4, prb8clribO8 rbb8 

oherirrr rrnd other pbaob of?laoIW, 00fkaitted up& 

the &~~?or&aaaoe of cbr ta ln Bt8. 

*A per8on is bald to be arroated whm he ha8 aatually 

been gleoed under restraint or taken into ou8todt bp the 

orri~r or person sxebutflng tihb warrnnt or nrrb&.* 

Arrtmt on a oriminal ohar@e ha6 been defined 811 

tthe qprehending or deta1nia.g or the per8m in order to be 

iorthecvainy to enewer an alleged oc suqmoted 8&m . . . 

In orlminal oeeee the gurpoee km to arrsure the enewor o? the 

epprohe&ed pbraon to % ebrgo of the eolPrPiesion? orime." 

(4 ‘3!UX&t8 ;Turlegrudeneo, Page0 %%%%o) 
Bon. Alex Sun&, page 4 

*A poaao of?iaor or any other p8r8on, may without 

w&rraRt, arrest an offender when the OrftBQ80 i# mmm$ttedin his prosenoo or withZn hI.8 vie*, ii the offon 

. is one o&mod a8 a felony, or au up 'oftoaao againat 

the public poece.(* (4 Tercra Jurisprudenao, Boat&on 6, 

p. 745.1 

Th5.e dopartmnt hoe I'opsatodly XU18d that 8h&?i?f8 

and CixMtables are not ontlt .+I to an arrest roe Un2088 a 

bglal arrest 1% aOtUally i&%14" E and h8aS likewlao hold that 8U8h 

oftioora are not ontltlod to a oumuitmunt in wxle88 aa aatual 

and legal ommitnent is made. 

Opinloa Wo. 03788 deals with arEo8t, oummltamt 8&d 

xolea8o i-8. WO QUOt@ troer Slrid Opi?biOiS a8 fOlbU8, 

The eonrtable i8 batitlti to $ft.oo tar MOh 

&&‘88t iaeb. a$ i8 WItitlOd t0 110 ?808 fOX m@gd 

errosts. 

-a. The C3OIX8ttIblO iS,attu8d t0 $mC fbf OUOtr$i~ 

rnoh valid t%om&teunt ia ti8d OamJMr oaBe8, m* OOUitE8At 

iaruo8 only after oonvictiaw of a dr?ondanb. The *6om8ltmsntg or authority ?nr ir~maBentt whioh th8 ran8tablo 

ueoutm Ia ni8d-MOT oa808 where a 3b8Ouai8~ rho ha8 

boon adjudged agabot s+ dofeadsat, and when the Uafendant 

is present, fs a oortifiod Bopy of 8Wh jud~nt, a8 outlined by Artiols T89, C. C. P., oupra. If lo 8uoh Oa8o 

the defsndmt be not pr88~t, the capia8' authorirod 

and de8cribod in Artlolos '1&3 and '109, G.O.P., 8Npm, i8 

the *oo~amlBmsnt‘ wbioh the @W8tsblo OSoQUto8. *hero tb* 

judgslrnt is iaprl8onaent in jail, Artiol~8 YQb md W3, 

supra, apply, a38 the *oom&tmant* in woh oa8.8 rotid 

be either B oortifisa espy e? the judlIpla8nt ot a *oaplu*r 

Pop-dent upon the faot8 in~olvod thareia. The oon8tablo 

would oxomito $ho 'eotitsont' by plading the defmdant 

in jail as diroated in the orUor; when thte was dona by 

rlrtuo of a valid. oonmitmant t&a oonstnble would have 

earned his Pea :iad be entitled thereto, if, as end when, 

BMB was oollsoted. 
“4. The oonetablo fe net sntitlad to a rslscaae 

f&s unless he ka the defendant in his aotual and legal 

_t_g: 

ouetod at t?ie tlm the defendant pays riis Pine and 

608 ai or eatisrles 8em6 br 1ia~im-x It out lzi Sail and 

the oonatable then nnd t&m k&see the deiesdant 

fxc a the r 0r c and e l ffeot 0r B juLe;went restraining him. 

Thll tsm 'relemne' oontmi;llatss 4 full, final an8 oamplot@ rel.~aee and disahargs fxom the jude;nent restraining 

the defendant." 

You state in your letter with rsterenee to the 

alleged erxeet that *the deputy had aalled the attention of 

saoh party to the Paot that he wea going to file the oompldnta 

but did not aotuelly take either into oudxAy, nm did lm take 

a bond.* YOU also m&s in your latter that the deputy 8befirr 

procured a waxrent but never ror?& ft. Clef&~, the aere 

statement of t&e deputy rheslfl that ha wae going to file a 

oomplaiat would not oonatitute a13 amftb. 

Slnos the de 

IF 

ty #briif aeither arrested, ooeualtted 

nor ralearod the, derc ant he could not la*riully a1al.m tee8 

rm tmme. 

You are tharefofe respeoWuul.l$f acMead that under 

#a hot.8 stated the deputy shariif rrould not be retitled 

t0 U~Y reef9 da50dver. 

Vary tl$JJ yours