Texas Transportation Code

§ 543.009 — COMPLIANCE WITH OR VIOLATION OF PROMISE TO APPEAR

TN § 543.009Title 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC · Part C. RULES OF THE ROAD · Ch. 543. ARREST AND PROSECUTION OF VIOLATORS · Art. A. ARREST AND CHARGING PROCEDURES; NOTICES AND PROMISES TO APPEAR

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(a)A person may comply with a written promise to appear in court by an appearance by counsel.

(b)A person who wilfully violates a written promise to appear in court, given as provided by this subchapter, commits a misdemeanor regardless of the disposition of the charge on which the person was arrested.

Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.