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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 51.11 — REWARD

CR § 51.11Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 51. FUGITIVES FROM JUSTICE

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The Governor may offer a reward for the apprehension of one accused of a felony in this State who is evading arrest, by causing such offer to be published in such manner as he deems most likely to effect the arrest. The reward shall be paid out of the State Treasury to the person who becomes entitled to it upon a certificate of the Governor reciting the facts which entitle such person to receive it.

Legislative history

Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.

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