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<section article="gcp" article_name="Criminal Procedure" number="1-205" title_number="1" title_name="Definitions; General Provisions" subtitle_number="2" subtitle_name="General Provisions">
  <level label="a">
    <text>A court in a county where a crime is committed may issue process against a person charged with the crime even if:</text>
    <level label="1">
      <text>the person is not a resident of the county; or</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>the person is a resident of the county but leaves the county.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
  <level label="b">
    <level label="1">
      <text>Process issued under subsection (a) of this section shall be directed to the sheriff of the county where the person resides.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="2">
      <text>The sheriff shall serve and return the process as if issued by a court of the sheriff’s county.</text>
    </level>
    <level label="3">
      <text>A court that issued process under subsection (a) of this section may fine a sheriff who neglects the process or delays serving and returning the process.</text>
    </level>
  </level>
</section>
