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§ 4.16 — CONCURRENT JURISDICTION.

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Bluebook
Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure Code Ann. § 4.16 (2026).

Text

Art. 4.16. CONCURRENT JURISDICTION. When two or more courts have concurrent jurisdiction of any criminal offense, the court in which an indictment or a complaint shall first be filed shall retain jurisdiction except as provided in Article 4.12 .

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Legislative History

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

Nearby Sections

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§ 4.01
WHAT COURTS HAVE CRIMINAL JURISDICTION.
§ 4.02
EXISTING COURTS CONTINUED.
§ 4.03
COURTS OF APPEALS.
§ 4.04
COURT OF CRIMINAL APPEALS
§ 4.05
JURISDICTION OF DISTRICT COURTS.
§ 4.06
WHEN FELONY INCLUDES MISDEMEANOR.
§ 4.07
JURISDICTION OF COUNTY COURTS.
§ 4.08
APPELLATE JURISDICTION OF COUNTY COURTS.
§ 4.09
APPEALS FROM INFERIOR COURT.
§ 4.10
TO FORFEIT BAIL BONDS.
§ 4.11
JURISDICTION OF JUSTICE COURTS.
§ 4.12
MISDEMEANOR CASES; PRECINCT IN WHICH DEFENDANT TO BE TRIED IN JUSTICE COURT.
§ 4.13
JUSTICE MAY FORFEIT BOND.
§ 4.14
JURISDICTION OF MUNICIPAL COURT.
§ 4.15
MAY SIT AT ANY TIME.
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