Texas Statutes & Codes Annotated
Code of Criminal Procedure
Title 1 Code of Criminal Procedure (Arts. 1.01 — 67.305)
Arrest, Commitment and Bail (Chs. 14 — 17A)
Chapter 14 Arrest Without Warrant (Arts. 14.01 — 14.06)
Art. 14.01. Offense Within View.
(a) A peace officer or any other person, may, without a warrant, arrest an offender when the offense is committed in his presence or within his view, if the offense is one classed as a felony or as an offense against the public peace.
(b) A peace officer may arrest an offender without a warrant for any offense committed in his presence or within his view.
History
Enacted by Acts 1965, 59th Leg., ch. 722 (S.B. 107), § 1, effective January 1, 1966; am. Acts 1967, 60th Leg., ch. 659 (S.B. 145), § 8, effective August 28, 1967.