Chapter 17 - Bail

Article 17.01. Definition of "Bail"
Article 17.02. Definition of "Bail Bond"
Article 17.025. Officers Taking Bail Bond
Article 17.026. Electronic Filing of Bail Bond
Article 17.03. Personal Bond
Article 17.031. Release on Personal Bond
Article 17.032. Release on Personal Bond of Certain Defendants With Mental Illness or Intellectual Disability
Article 17.033. Release on Bond of Certain Persons Arrested Without a Warrant
Article 17.04. Requisites of a Personal Bond
Article 17.045. Bail Bond Certificates
Article 17.05. When a Bail Bond Is Given
Article 17.06. Corporation as Surety
Article 17.07. Corporation to File With County Clerk Power of Attorney Designating Agent
Article 17.08. Requisites of a Bail Bond
Article 17.085. Notice of Appearance Date
Article 17.09. Duration; Original and Subsequent Proceedings; New Bail
Article 17.091. Notice of Certain Bail Reductions Required
Article 17.10. Disqualified Sureties
Article 17.11. How Bail Bond Is Taken
Article 17.12. Exempt Property
Article 17.13. Sufficiency of Sureties Ascertained
Article 17.14. Affidavit Not Conclusive
Article 17.141. Eligible Bail Bond Sureties in Certain Counties
Article 17.15. Rules for Fixing Amount of Bail
Article 17.151. Release Because of Delay
Article 17.152. Denial of Bail for Violation of Certain Court Orders or Conditions of Bond in a Family Violence Case
Article 17.153. Denial of Bail for Violation of Condition of Bond Where Child Alleged Victim
Article 17.16. Discharge of Liability; Surrender or Incarceration of Principal Before Forfeiture; Verification of Incarceration
Article 17.17. When Surrender Is Made During Term
Article 17.18. Surrender in Vacation
Article 17.19. Surety May Obtain a Warrant
Article 17.20. Bail in Misdemeanor
Article 17.21. Bail in Felony
Article 17.22. May Take Bail in Felony
Article 17.23. Sureties Severally Bound
Article 17.24. General Rules Applicable
Article 17.25. Proceedings When Bail Is Granted
Article 17.26. Time Given to Procure Bail
Article 17.27. When Bail Is Not Given
Article 17.28. When Ready to Give Bail
Article 17.29. Accused Liberated
Article 17.291. Further Detention of Certain Persons
Article 17.292. Magistrate's Order for Emergency Protection
Article 17.293. Delivery of Order for Emergency Protection to Other Persons
Article 17.294. Confidentiality of Certain Information in Order for Emergency Protection
Article 17.30. Shall Certify Proceedings
Article 17.31. Duty of Clerks Who Receive Such Proceedings
Article 17.32. In Case of No Arrest
Article 17.33. Request Setting of Bail
Article 17.34. Witnesses to Give Bond
Article 17.35. Security of Witness
Article 17.36. Effect of Witness Bond
Article 17.37. Witness May Be Committed
Article 17.38. Rules Applicable to All Cases of Bail
Article 17.39. Records of Bail
Article 17.40. Conditions Related to Victim or Community Safety
Article 17.41. Condition Where Child Alleged Victim
Article 17.42. Personal Bond Office
Article 17.43. Home Curfew and Electronic Monitoring as Condition
Article 17.44. Home Confinement, Electronic Monitoring, and Drug Testing as Condition
Article 17.441. Conditions Requiring Motor Vehicle Ignition Interlock
Article 17.45. Conditions Requiring AIDS and HIV Instruction
Article 17.46. Conditions for a Defendant Charged With Stalking
Article 17.47. Conditions Requiring Submission of Specimen
Article 17.48. Posttrial Actions
Article 17.49. Conditions for Defendant Charged With Offense Involving Family Violence