{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-432.009","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 432.009","heading":"APPREHENSION OF DESERTERS.","body":"A civil officer or peace officer having authority to apprehend offenders under the laws of the United States or a state, territory, commonwealth, or possession, or the District of Columbia, may summarily apprehend a deserter from the state military forces and deliver the deserter into the custody of the state military forces.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 807 (H.B. 2417), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE C. STATE MILITARY FORCES AND VETERANS","CHAPTER 432. TEXAS CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE","SUBCHAPTER B. APPREHENSION AND RESTRAINT; NONJUDICIAL PUNISHMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.432.htm#432.009","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"345640d56e7a68208a5669570b984165a8538f2e834a879c4fd7999aa0ce3ba7","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-432.008","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-432.010"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}