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Government Code §411.022

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In force on Nov 09, 2026 · this text took effect Sep 01, 2015 · same as today's text

AUTHORITY OF OFFICERS

(a) An officer of the Texas Rangers is governed by the law regulating and defining the powers and duties of sheriffs performing similar duties, except that the officer may make arrests, execute process in a criminal case in any county and, if specially directed by the judge of a court of record, execute process in a civil case. (b) An officer of the Texas Rangers who arrests a person charged with a criminal offense shall immediately convey the person to the proper officer of the county where the person is charged and shall obtain a receipt. The state shall pay all necessary expenses incurred under this subsection. (c) An officer of the Texas Rangers has the authority to investigate offenses against public administration prosecuted under Subchapter B-1.

History: Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 927 (H.B. 1690 ), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2015.

Source: the Legislature's file server, seen May 26, 2018 to Nov 08, 2026.

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