Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
§ 2A.107 — RECORDING AND FILING COMPLAINTS
CR § 2A.107Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 2A. OFFICERS; POWERS AND DUTIES · Art. C. ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING STATE
Statute text
View on source(a)If a complaint is made before a district or county attorney that an offense has been committed in the attorney's district or county, as applicable, the attorney shall:
(1)reduce the complaint to writing;
(2)cause the complaint to be signed and sworn to by the complainant;
(3)attest the complaint; and
(4)as applicable:
(A)if the offense is a misdemeanor and except as provided by Subsection (b), immediately prepare an information based on the complaint and file the information in the court having jurisdiction; or
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Legislative history
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 1.001, eff. January 1, 2025.