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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 7.07 — SURETY MAY EXONERATE HIMSELF

CR § 7.07Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 7. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE MAGISTRATES TO PREVENT OFFENSES

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A surety upon any such bond may, at any time before a breach thereof, exonerate himself from the obligations of the same by delivering to any magistrate of the county where such bond was taken, the person of the defendant; and such magistrate shall in that case again require of the defendant bond, with other security in the same amount as the first bond; and the same proceeding shall be had as in the first instance, but the one year's time shall commence to run from the date of the first order.

Legislative history

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

Source: Texas Code of Criminal Procedure § 7.07 from the Texas Constitution and Statutes (Texas Legislature) (public record). DecisionDepot is for informational use only and is not legal advice — verify against the official source before relying on this text.