Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
§ 23.02 — ITS REQUISITES
CR § 23.02Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 23. THE CAPIAS
Statute text
View on sourceA capias shall be held sufficient if it have the following requisites: 1. That it run in the name of "The State of Texas"; 2. That it name the person whose arrest is ordered, or if unknown, describe him; 3. That it specify the offense of which the defendant is accused, and it appear thereby that he is accused of some offense against the penal laws of the State; 4. That it name the court to which and the time when it is returnable; and 5. That it be dated and attested officially by the authority issuing the same.
Legislative history
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.