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2023 Texas Statutes
Code of Criminal Procedure
Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure
Chapter 51 - Fugitives From Justice
Article 51.09. Governor May Demand Fugitive
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TX Code Crim Pro art 51.09 (2023)
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When the Governor deems it proper to demand a person who has committed an offense in this State and has fled to another State, he may commission any suitable person to take such requisition. The accused, if brought back to the State, shall be delivered up to the sheriff of the county in which it is alleged he has committed the offense.
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.
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