TX · constitutions
Tex. Const. art. I, § 11b
DENIAL OF BAIL FOR VIOLATION OF CONDITION OF RELEASE
Any person who is accused in this state of a felony or an offense involving family violence, who is released on bail pending trial, and whose bail is subsequently revoked or forfeited for a violation of a condition of release may be denied bail pending trial if a judge or magistrate in this state determines by a preponderance of the evidence at a subsequent hearing that the person violated a condition of release related to the safety of a victim of the alleged offense or to the safety of the community.
History
(Added Nov. 8, 2005; amended Nov. 6, 2007.)
Provenance
- Source
- tcss.legis.texas.gov
- Retrieved
- 2026-09-24
- Edition
- 2026-09-24
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