Text of article effective until January 01, 2025
Art. 2.18. CUSTODY OF PRISONERS.  When a prisoner is committed to jail by warrant from a magistrate or court, he shall be placed in jail by the sheriff.  It is a violation of duty on the part of any sheriff to permit a defendant so committed to remain out of jail, except that he may, when a defendant is committed for want of bail, or when he arrests in a bailable case, give the person arrested a reasonable time to procure bail;  but he shall so guard the accused as to prevent escape.
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., vol. 2, p. 317, ch. 722.
Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 3.001(1), eff. January 1, 2025.