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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42.0195

FINDING REGARDING FAILURE TO APPEAR

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 339 (S.B. 9), Sec. 14, eff

In the disposition of a criminal case involving any offense punishable as a Class B misdemeanor or any higher category of offense, the judge shall make an affirmative finding of fact and enter the affirmative finding in the judgment or dismissal order in the case if the judge determines that the defendant wilfully failed to appear after the defendant was released from custody for the offense. The affirmative finding must include the number of times the defendant failed to appear for the offense.

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