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TX Code Crim Pro art 17.27 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Bail|Article 17.27. When Bail Is Not Given

If, after the allowance of a reasonable time, the security be not given, the magistrate shall make an order committing the accused to jail to be kept safely until legally discharged;  and he shall issue a commitment accordingly.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 17.28 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Bail|Article 17.28. When Ready to Give Bail

If the party be ready to give bail, the magistrate shall cause to be prepared a bond, which shall be signed by the accused and his surety or sureties, if any.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 17.29 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Bail|Article 17.29. Accused Liberated

(a)  When the accused has given the required bond, either to the magistrate or the officer having him in custody, he shall at once be set at liberty.(b) Before releasing on bail a person arrested for an offense under Section 42.072, Penal Code, or a person arrested or held without warrant in the prevention of family violence, the law enforcement agency holding the person shall make a reasonable attempt to give personal notice of the imminent release to the victim of the alleged offense or to another person designated by the victim to receive the notice.  An attempt by an agency to give notice to the victim or the person designated by the victim at the victim's or person's last known telephone number or address, as shown on the records of the agency, constitutes a reasonable attempt to give notice under this subsection.  If possible, the arresting officer shall collect the address and telephone number of the victim at the time the arrest is made and shall communicate that information to the agency holding the person.(c) A law enforcement agency or an employee of a law enforcement agency is not liable for damages arising from complying or failing to comply with Subsection (b) of this article.(d) In this article, "family violence" has the meaning assigned by Section 71.004, Family Code.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 656, Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 1995;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 661, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 28, 1995;  Subsec. (b) amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 3, eff. Jan. 28, 1997;  Subsec. (d) amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 7.002(e), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 17.291 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Bail|Article 17.291. Further Detention of Certain Persons

(a)  In this article:(1) "family violence" has the meaning assigned to that phrase by Section 71.004, Family Code;  and(2) "magistrate" has the meaning assigned to it by Article 2.09 of this code.(b) Article 17.29 does not apply when a person has been arrested or held without a warrant in the prevention of family violence if there is probable cause to believe the violence will continue if the person is immediately released.  The head of the agency arresting or holding such a person may hold the person for a period of not more than four hours after bond has been posted.  This detention period may be extended for an additional period not to exceed 48 hours, but only if authorized in a writing directed to the person having custody of the detained person by a magistrate who concludes that:(1) the violence would continue if the person is released;  and(2) if the additional period exceeds 24 hours, probable cause exists to believe that the person committed the instant offense and that, during the 10-year period preceding the date of the instant offense, the person has been arrested:(A) on more than one occasion for an offense involving family violence;  or(B) for any other offense, if a deadly weapon, as defined by Section 1.07, Penal Code, was used or exhibited during commission of the offense or during immediate flight after commission of the offense.|Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 552, Sec. 2, eff. June 16, 1991.  Subsec. (b) amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1341, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Subsec. (a) amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 7.002(f), eff. Sept. 1, 2003.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 17.293 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Bail|Article 17.293. Delivery of Order for Emergency Protection to Other Persons

The magistrate or the clerk of the magistrate's court issuing an order for emergency protection under Article 17.292 that suspends a license to carry a handgun shall immediately send a copy of the order to the appropriate division of the Department of Public Safety at its Austin headquarters.  On receipt of the order suspending the license, the department shall:(1)  record the suspension of the license in the records of the department;(2)  report the suspension to local law enforcement agencies, as appropriate; and(3)  demand surrender of the suspended license from the license holder.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1412, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 437 (H.B. 910), Sec. 7, eff. January 1, 2016.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 17.294 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Bail|Article 17.294. Confidentiality of Certain Information in Order for Emergency Protection

On request by a person protected by an order for emergency protection issued under Article 17.292, or if determined necessary by the magistrate, the court issuing the order may protect the person's mailing address by rendering an order:(1)  requiring the person protected under the order to:(A)  disclose the person's mailing address to the court;(B)  designate another person to receive on behalf of the person any notice or documents filed with the court related to the order; and(C)  disclose the designated person's mailing address to the court;(2)  requiring the court clerk to:(A)  strike the mailing address of the person protected by the order from the public records of the court, if applicable; and(B)  maintain a confidential record of the mailing address for use only by:(i)  the court; or(ii)  a law enforcement agency for purposes of entering the information required by Section 411.042(b)(6), Government Code, into the statewide law enforcement information system maintained by the Department of Public Safety; and(3)  prohibiting the release of the information to the defendant.|Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 90 (S.B. 2390), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 17.30 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Bail|Article 17.30. Shall Certify Proceedings

The magistrate, before whom an examination has taken place upon a criminal accusation, shall certify to all the proceedings had before him, as well as where he discharges, holds to bail or commits, and transmit them, sealed up, to the court before which the defendant may be tried, writing his name across the seals of the envelope.  The voluntary statement of the defendant, the testimony, bail bonds, and every other proceeding in the case, shall be thus delivered to the clerk of the proper court, without delay.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 17.31 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Bail|Article 17.31. Duty of Clerks Who Receive Such Proceedings

If the proceedings be delivered to a district clerk, he shall keep them safely and deliver the same to the next grand jury.  If the proceedings are delivered to a county clerk, he shall without delay deliver them to the district or county attorney of his county.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 17.32 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Bail|Article 17.32. In Case of No Arrest

Upon failure from any cause to arrest the accused the magistrate shall file with the proper clerk the complaint, warrant of arrest, and a list of the witnesses.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 17.33 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Bail|Article 17.33. Request Setting of Bail

The accused may at any time after being confined request a magistrate to review the written statements of the witnesses for the State as well as all other evidence available at that time in determining the amount of bail.  This setting of the amount of bail does not waive the defendant's right to an examining trial as provided in Article 16.01.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 17.34 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Bail|Article 17.34. Witnesses to Give Bond

Witnesses for the State or defendant may be required by the magistrate, upon the examination of any criminal accusation before him, to give bail for their appearance to testify before the proper court.  A personal bond may be taken of a witness by the court before whom the case is pending.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 17.35 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Bail|Article 17.35. Security of Witness

The amount of security to be required of a witness is to be regulated by his pecuniary condition, character and the nature of the offense with respect to which he is a witness.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 17.36 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Bail|Article 17.36. Effect of Witness Bond

The bond given by a witness for his appearance has the same effect as a bond of the accused and may be forfeited and recovered upon in the same manner.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 17.37 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Bail|Article 17.37. Witness May Be Committed

A witness required to give bail who fails or refuses to do so shall be committed to jail as in other cases of a failure to give bail when required, but shall be released from custody upon giving such bail.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 17.38 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Bail|Article 17.38. Rules Applicable to All Cases of Bail

The rules in this Chapter respecting bail are applicable to all such undertakings when entered into in the course of a criminal action, whether before or after an indictment, in every case where authority is given to any court, judge, magistrate, or other officer, to require bail of a person accused of an offense, or of a witness in a criminal action.|Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 17.39 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Bail|Article 17.39. Records of Bail

A magistrate or other officer who sets the amount of bail or who takes bail shall record in a well-bound book the name of the person whose appearance the bail secures, the amount of bail, the date bail is set, the magistrate or officer who sets bail, the offense or other cause for which the appearance is secured, the magistrate or other officer who takes bail, the date the person is released, and the name of the bondsman, if any.|Added by Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 1525, ch. 618, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 17.40 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Bail|Article 17.40. Conditions Related to Victim or Community Safety

(a)  To secure a defendant's attendance at trial, a magistrate may impose any reasonable condition of bond related to the safety of a victim of the alleged offense or to the safety of the community.(b)  At a hearing limited to determining whether the defendant violated a condition of bond imposed under Subsection (a), the magistrate may revoke the defendant's bond only if the magistrate finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the violation occurred.  If the magistrate finds that the violation occurred, the magistrate shall revoke the defendant's bond and order that the defendant be immediately returned to custody.  Once the defendant is placed in custody, the revocation of the defendant's bond discharges the sureties on the bond, if any, from any future liability on the bond.  A discharge under this subsection from any future liability on the bond does not discharge any surety from liability for previous forfeitures on the bond.|Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 768, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1113 (H.B. 3692), Sec. 4, eff. January 1, 2008.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 17.41 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Bail|Article 17.41. Condition Where Child Alleged Victim

(a)  This article applies to a defendant charged with an offense under any of the following provisions of the Penal Code, if committed against a child younger than 18 years of age:(1)  Chapter 20A (Trafficking of Persons), 21 (Sexual Offenses), 22 (Assaultive Offenses), or 43 (Public Indecency); or(2)  Section 25.02 (Prohibited Sexual Conduct).(b)  Subject to Subsections (c) and (d), a magistrate shall require as a condition of bond for a defendant charged with an offense described by Subsection (a) that the defendant not:(1)  directly communicate with the alleged victim of the offense; or(2)  go near a residence, school, or other location, as specifically described in the bond, frequented by the alleged victim.(c) A magistrate who imposes a condition of bond under this article may grant the defendant supervised access to the alleged victim.(d) To the extent that a condition imposed under this article conflicts with an existing court order granting possession of or access to a child, the condition imposed under this article prevails for a period specified by the magistrate, not to exceed 90 days.|Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 595, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1985.  Subsec. (a) amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 14.21, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 982 (H.B. 3751), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 232 (H.B. 1005), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 17.43 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Bail|Article 17.43. Home Curfew and Electronic Monitoring as Condition

(a)  A magistrate may require as a condition of release on personal bond that the defendant submit to home curfew and electronic monitoring under the supervision of an agency designated by the magistrate.(b)  Cost of monitoring may be assessed as reimbursement fees or ordered paid directly by the defendant as a condition of bond.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 374, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (S.B. 346), Sec. 2.03, eff. January 1, 2020.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 17.44 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Bail|Article 17.44. Home Confinement, Electronic Monitoring, and Drug Testing as Condition

(a)  A magistrate may require as a condition of release on bond that the defendant submit to:(1)  home confinement and electronic monitoring under the supervision of an agency designated by the magistrate;  or(2)  testing on a weekly basis for the presence of a controlled substance in the defendant's body.(b)  In this article, "controlled substance" has the meaning assigned by Section 481.002, Health and Safety Code.(c)  The magistrate may revoke the bond and order the defendant arrested if the defendant:(1)  violates a condition of home confinement and electronic monitoring;(2)  refuses to submit to a test for controlled substances or submits to a test for controlled substances and the test indicates the presence of a controlled substance in the defendant's body; or(3)  fails to pay the reimbursement fee for monitoring or testing for controlled substances, if payment is ordered under Subsection (e) as a condition of bond and the magistrate determines that the defendant is not indigent and is financially able to make the payments as ordered.(d) The community justice assistance division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice may provide grants to counties to implement electronic monitoring programs authorized by this article.(e)  The cost of electronic monitoring or testing for controlled substances under this article may be assessed as a reimbursement fee or ordered paid directly by the defendant as a condition of bond.|Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 785, Sec. 4.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.  Renumbered from art. 17.42 by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 16, Sec. 19.01(3), eff. Aug. 26, 1991.  Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 284(46), eff. Sept. 1, 1991.Amended by: Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 163 (S.B. 1506), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (S.B. 346), Sec. 2.04, eff. January 1, 2020.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 17.441 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Bail|Article 17.441. Conditions Requiring Motor Vehicle Ignition Interlock

(a)  Except as provided by Subsection (b), a magistrate shall require on release that a defendant charged with a subsequent offense under Section 49.04, 49.05, or 49.06, Penal Code, or an offense under Section 49.045, 49.07, or 49.08 of that code:(1)  have installed on the motor vehicle owned by the defendant or on the vehicle most regularly driven by the defendant, a device that uses a deep-lung breath analysis mechanism to make impractical the operation of a motor vehicle if ethyl alcohol is detected in the breath of the operator; and(2)  not operate any motor vehicle unless the vehicle is equipped with that device.(b) The magistrate may not require the installation of the device if the magistrate finds that to require the device would not be in the best interest of justice.(c) If the defendant is required to have the device installed, the magistrate shall require that the defendant have the device installed on the appropriate motor vehicle, at the defendant's expense, before the 30th day after the date the defendant is released on bond.(d)  The magistrate may designate an appropriate agency to verify the installation of the device and to monitor the device.  If the magistrate designates an agency under this subsection, in each month during which the agency verifies the installation of the device or provides a monitoring service the defendant shall pay a reimbursement fee to the designated agency in the amount set by the magistrate.  The defendant shall pay the initial reimbursement fee at the time the agency verifies the installation of the device.  In each subsequent month during which the defendant is required to pay a reimbursement fee the defendant shall pay the fee on the first occasion in that month that the agency provides a monitoring service.  The magistrate shall set the fee in an amount not to exceed $10 as determined by the county auditor, or by the commissioners court of the county if the county does not have a county auditor, to be sufficient to cover the cost incurred by the designated agency in conducting the verification or providing the monitoring service, as applicable in that county.|Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 318, Sec. 45, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.  Subsec. (d) amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 537, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1298 (H.B. 3582), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1352 (S.B. 346), Sec. 2.05, eff. January 1, 2020.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 17.45 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Bail|Article 17.45. Conditions Requiring AIDS and HIV Instruction

A magistrate may require as a condition of bond that a defendant charged with an offense under Section 43.02 or 43.021, Penal Code, receive counseling or education, or both, relating to acquired immune deficiency syndrome or human immunodeficiency virus.|Amended by: Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 807 (H.B. 1540), Sec. 34, eff. September 1, 2021.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 17.46 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Bail|Article 17.46. Conditions for a Defendant Charged With Stalking

(a)  A magistrate may require as a condition of release on bond that a defendant charged with an offense under Section 42.072, Penal Code, may not:(1) communicate directly or indirectly with the victim;  or(2) go to or near the residence, place of employment, or business of the victim or to or near a school, day-care facility, or similar facility where a dependent child of the victim is in attendance.(b) If the magistrate requires the prohibition contained in Subsection (a)(2) of this article as a condition of release on bond, the magistrate shall specifically describe the prohibited locations and the minimum distances, if any, that the defendant must maintain from the locations.|Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 10, Sec. 2, eff. March 19, 1993.  Subsec. (a) amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 657, Sec. 3, eff. June 14, 1995;  amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1, Sec. 5, eff. Jan. 28, 1997.|
TX Code Crim Pro art 17.465 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Code of Criminal Procedure|Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure|Chapter 17 - Bail|Article 17.465. Conditions for Defendant Charged With Certain Trafficking or Prostitution Related Offenses Involving Adult Victims

(a)  This article does not apply with respect to a defendant to whom Article 17.41 applies.(b)  A magistrate shall require as a condition of release on bond that a defendant charged with an offense under Section 20A.02, 20A.03, 43.03, 43.031, 43.04, 43.041, or 43.05, Penal Code, committed against a person 18 years of age or older may not:(1)  communicate directly or indirectly with the victim; or(2)  go to or near:(A)  the residence, place of employment, or business of the victim; or(B)  if applicable, a school, day-care facility, or similar facility where a dependent child of the victim is in attendance.(c)  The magistrate shall specifically describe the prohibited locations under Subsection (b)(2) and the minimum distances, if any, that the defendant must maintain from the locations.(d)  At a hearing limited to determining whether the defendant violated a condition of bond imposed under Subsection (b), the magistrate may revoke the defendant's bond only if the magistrate finds by a preponderance of the evidence that the violation occurred.  If the magistrate finds that the violation occurred, the magistrate shall revoke the defendant's bond and order that the defendant be immediately returned to custody.  Once the defendant is placed in custody, the revocation of the defendant's bond discharges the sureties on the bond, if any, from any future liability on the bond.  A discharge under this subsection from any future liability on the bond does not discharge any surety from liability for previous forfeitures on the bond.|Added by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 232 (H.B. 1005), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.|