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Terms Used In Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 13.12

  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

Venue for trafficking of persons, false imprisonment, kidnapping, and smuggling of persons is in:
(1) the county in which the offense was committed; or
(2) any county through, into, or out of which the person trafficked, falsely imprisoned, kidnapped, or transported may have been taken.


Text of article effective until January 01, 2025