Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 2A.063

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 2A.063 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Sheriff As Conservator Of The Peace

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. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 2.17.)

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 2A.063

Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 765,Sec. 1.001, eff. 1/1/2025.