When the sureties have been duly cited and fail to answer, and the principal also fails to answer within the time limited for answering in other civil actions, the court shall enter judgment final by default.
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 22.15
JUDGMENT FINAL BY DEFAULT
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff
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