Text of article effective until January 01, 2025

Art. 2.20.  DEPUTY.  Wherever a duty is imposed by this Code upon the sheriff, the same duty may lawfully be performed by his deputy.  When there is no sheriff in a county, the duties of that office, as to all proceedings under the criminal law, devolve upon the officer who, under the law, is empowered to discharge the duties of sheriff, in case of vacancy in the office.
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Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 3.001(1), eff.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.