Texas Statutes
§ 51.04 — COMPLAINT.
Texas § 51.04
JurisdictionTexas
Code CRCode of Criminal Procedure
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Bluebook
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure Code Ann. § 51.04 (2026).
Text
Art. 51.04. COMPLAINT. The complaint shall be sufficient if it recites:
1.The name of the person accused;
2.The State from which he has fled;
3.The offense committed by the accused;
4.That he has fled to this State from the State where the offense was committed; and
5.That the act alleged to have been committed by the accused is a violation of the penal law of the State from which he fled.
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Related
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(Court of Appeals of Texas, 2011)
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(Court of Appeals of Texas, 2011)
Legislative History
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.
Nearby Sections
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§ 51.01
DELIVERED UP.§ 51.02
TO AID IN ARREST.§ 51.03
MAGISTRATE'S WARRANT.§ 51.04
COMPLAINT.§ 51.05
BAIL OR COMMITMENT.§ 51.06
NOTICE OF ARREST.§ 51.07
DISCHARGE.§ 51.08
SECOND ARREST.§ 51.11
REWARD.§ 51.12
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Texas § 51.04, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tx/CP/51.04.