Text of article effective on January 01, 2025
Art. 45A.202.  APPEAL.  (a)  An appeal from a justice or municipal court, including an appeal from a final judgment in a bond forfeiture proceeding, shall be heard by the county court or, if the county court has no jurisdiction over the case, the proper court in the county.
(b)  A de novo trial shall be held on appeal unless the appeal is:
(1)  taken from a municipal court of record; and
(2)  based on error reflected in the record.
(c)  An appeal may not be dismissed because of:
(1)  the defendant's failure to give notice of appeal in open court; or
(2)  the presence of a defect in the transcript.
(d)  In an appeal from the judgment and sentence of a justice or municipal court, if the defendant is in custody, the defendant shall be committed to jail unless the defendant is released on bail.
(e)  If the court that issued the judgment and sentence being appealed is in session, the court must approve the bail.
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 1.001, eff. January 1, 2025.