{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-543.003","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 543.003","heading":"NOTICE TO APPEAR REQUIRED: PERSON NOT TAKEN BEFORE MAGISTRATE.","body":"An officer who arrests a person for a violation of this subtitle punishable as a misdemeanor and who does not take the person before a magistrate shall issue a written notice to appear in court showing the time and place the person is to appear, the offense charged, the name and address of the person charged, and, if applicable, the license number of the person's vehicle.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 701, Sec. 3, eff. Aug. 30, 1999.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE C. RULES OF THE ROAD","CHAPTER 543. ARREST AND PROSECUTION OF VIOLATORS","SUBCHAPTER A. ARREST AND CHARGING PROCEDURES; NOTICES AND PROMISES TO APPEAR"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.543.htm#543.003","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"d4d0942e29ef8c6219f6dc9f9f539352a5737c1d7ab85fdcd7a8920f33136871","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-543.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-543.004"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}