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

SHERIFF AS CONSERVATOR OF THE PEACE

Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 1.001, eff

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.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.