Section 2A.107 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Recording And Filing Complaints(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(B) if the offense is a felony, immediately file the complaint with a magistrate of the county.(b) In a county that does not have a county attorney or a criminal district court, a misdemeanor case may be tried based on complaint alone without an information.(c) For purposes of fulfilling the duties under this article, a district or county attorney may administer oaths. (Code Crim. Proc., Arts. 2.04, 2.05, 2.06.)Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 2A.107
Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 765,Sec. 1.001, eff. 1/1/2025.