Section 49.19 - Warrant of Arrest(a) A justice of the peace who is conducting an inquest of a death under this subchapter may issue a warrant for the arrest of a person suspected of causing the death if: (1) the justice has knowledge that the person caused the death of the deceased;(2) the justice receives an affidavit stating that the person caused the death; or(3) evidence is adduced at an inquest hearing that shows probable cause to believe the person caused the death.(b) A peace officer who receives an arrest warrant issued by a justice of the peace shall: (1) execute the warrant without delay; and(2) detain the person arrested until the person's discharge is ordered by the justice of the peace or other proper authority.(c) A person who is charged in a death and arrested under a warrant of a justice of the peace shall remain in the custody of the arresting peace officer and may not be removed from the peace officer's custody on the authority of a warrant from another magistrate. A person charged in a death who has not been arrested under a warrant of a justice of the peace may be arrested on the order of a magistrate other than the justice of the peace and examined by that magistrate while an inquest is pending.Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 49.19
Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 529, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1987.