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Code of Criminal Procedure §9

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In force on Nov 09, 2026 · this text took effect Sep 01, 2025 · same as today's text

A county that transfers a defendant to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice under this article may deliver to an officer designated by the department a certified copy of a final order of a state or federal court that dismisses as frivolous or malicious a lawsuit brought by the inmate while the inmate was confined in the county jail awaiting transfer to the department following conviction of a felony or revocation of community supervision, parole, or mandatory supervision. The county may deliver the copy to the department at the time of the transfer of the inmate or at any time after the transfer of the inmate.

History: Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722. Amended by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 206, ch. 91, Sec. 2, eff. Aug. 27, 1973; Acts 1977, 65th Leg., p. 2018, ch. 806, Sec. 1, eff. Aug. 29, 1977. Amended by Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 810, ch. 291, Sec. 117, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Sec. 7 added by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 148, ch. 40, Sec. 1, eff. April 26, 1983; Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 4668, ch. 810, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1983; Sec. 8 amended by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 344, Sec. 3, eff. Jan. 1, 1986; Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 1049, Sec. 53, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Sec. 8(a) amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 785, Sec. 4.12, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Sec. 8(h) added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 33, Sec. 2, eff. April 26, 1989; Sec. 8(a) amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 10, Sec. 11.05, eff. Aug. 29, 1991. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 5.03, eff. Sept. 1, 1993; Sec. 8(a) to (c) amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, Sec. 3.001, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Sec. 8(d) amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, Sec. 3.001, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 723, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Sec. 8(f), (h), (i) amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 321, Sec. 3.001, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Sec. 8(a) amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1188, Sec. 1.42, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Sec. 8(c) amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1477, Sec. 29, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Sec. 9 added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 655, Sec. 1, eff. June 18, 1999; Sec. 4 amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 214, Sec. 1, eff. May 22, 2001; Sec. 8(j) added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 453, Sec. 1, eff. June 8, 2001; Sec. 8(a) amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 14, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Amended by: Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018 ), Sec. 4.005, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1308 (S.B. 909 ), Sec. 4, eff. June 15, 2007. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969 ), Sec. 25.023, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969 ), Sec. 25.024, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 980 (H.B. 3671 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 282 (H.B. 904 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 770 (H.B. 2299 ), Sec. 2.15, eff. January 1, 2017. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 770 (H.B. 2299 ), Sec. 2.16, eff. January 1, 2017. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173 ), Sec. 2.15, eff. January 1, 2021. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1212 (S.B. 562 ), Sec. 1, eff. June 14, 2019. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1276 (H.B. 601 ), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1122 (H.B. 2620 ), Sec. 3, eff. June 18, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 299 (S.B. 2938 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.

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