{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-53.0071","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 53.0071","heading":"BAILIFF AS PEACE OFFICER.","body":"Unless the appointing judge provides otherwise in the order of appointment, a bailiff appointed under Section 53.001(b), (g), (k), or (m) or 53.002(c), (e), or (f) is a \"peace officer\" for purposes of Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure.\nAdded by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 148, Sec. 2.71(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 919, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 401, Sec. 4, eff. Aug. 26, 1991; Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 546, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1991; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 648, Sec. 5, eff. Aug. 28, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 912 (S.B. 1329), Sec. 6.04, eff. September 1, 2017.\nActs 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 972 (S.B. 2174), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2017.\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 467 (H.B. 4170), Sec. 21.002(9), eff. September 1, 2019.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 2.064, eff. January 1, 2025.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 2. JUDICIAL BRANCH","SUBTITLE D. JUDICIAL PERSONNEL AND OFFICIALS","CHAPTER 53. BAILIFFS","SUBCHAPTER A. BAILIFFS FOR CERTAIN COURTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.53.htm#53.0071","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"14fb58e6255a632a7f21140be5362217652774b56b8c105f433ab64939f3c5c3","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-53.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-53.008"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}