Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 43.13 — DISCHARGE OF DEFENDANT

CR § 43.13Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 43. EXECUTION OF JUDGMENT

Statute text

(a)A defendant who has remained in jail the length of time required by the judgment and sentence shall be discharged. The sheriff shall return the copy of the judgment and sentence, or the capias under which the defendant was imprisoned, to the proper court, stating how it was executed.

(b)A defendant convicted of a misdemeanor and sentenced to a term of confinement discharges the defendant's sentence at any time beginning at 6 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m. on the day of discharge.

(c)Except as provided by Subsections (d) and (e), the sheriff or other county jail administrator shall release a defendant at any time beginning at 6 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m. on the day the defendant discharges the defendant's sentence.

(d)The sheriff or other county jail administrator may:

(1)credit a defendant with not more than 18 hours of time served; and

(2)release the defendant at any time beginning at 6 a.m. and ending at 5 p.m. on the day preceding the day on which the defendant discharges the defendant's sentence.

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Legislative history

Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 401 (S.B. 1700), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.