Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 2A.063 — SHERIFF AS CONSERVATOR OF THE PEACE

CR § 2A.063Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 2A. OFFICERS; POWERS AND DUTIES · Art. B. POWERS AND DUTIES OF PEACE OFFICERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES

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A sheriff is a conservator of the peace in the sheriff's county and shall:

(1)arrest each person who commits an offense in the view or hearing of the sheriff and take the offender before the proper court for examination or trial;

(2)suppress all assaults, affrays, insurrections, and unlawful assemblies; and

(3)apprehend and commit to jail each person who commits an offense until an examination or trial can be held.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 1.001, eff. January 1, 2025.