Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 17A.07 — PRESENCE OF CORPORATION OR ASSOCIATION

CR § 17A.07Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 17A. CORPORATIONS AND ASSOCIATIONS

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(a)A defendant corporation or association appears through counsel.

(b)If a corporation or association does not appear in response to summons, or appears but fails or refuses to plead:

(1)it is deemed to be present in person for all purposes; and

(2)the court shall enter a plea of not guilty in its behalf; and

(3)the court may proceed with trial, judgment, and sentencing.

(c)If, having appeared and entered a plea in response to summons, a corporation or association is absent without good cause at any time during later proceedings:

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 981, ch. 399, Sec. 2(D), eff. Jan. 1, 1974.