Case Information
*1 The Attorney General of Texas
September 12, 1980 Opinbn No. Mw-241
Honorable Bill M. White Crimiml Dbtrict Attorney Bexar County CZuuUwm
Bet Lagallty of ur~icwr pafarmed San Antonio, Texm 78205 by dbtrict attomey’r off108 in collactian of hot dmoka Dear Hr. Whiter
rat have nqwted our opinim u to wh8th8r a dbtriut attorney mry lawfully collect tnpaid dmckr ia p&ate persow The 6S~tiL$la~~ enacted artkla SLOB of the Code of Mm&ml PRXWIW, Lqblatwe, chapter 734, uction 1, at ISOl, whlah provid88 in pertinen~put3 (a) A mmty attorney, dbtrict l ttomay, or arimiml dbtrict attorney may collect a fe8 if hb office ahckmdmilardght collbata md pm ordorifthedwkcrdmilard~tw4erz
(Uha8bunb8u8dapau8dinamannerwhich make the brtunce Q paasirq an offmoe wlerr (AbcUar S2.4l, Penal codt;
OS) se8ual SLOS, Paul cede; or
m3acual SLOJ, Penal code; or
(a) ha8 been forged wMer 8eatiar 32.24 Paml coda. The statute permit8 the dbtrict at&may to oollrt the fa8 .“from many puson who b a party dD the offans~,~ and utablbhw a maximum fee admdula bawd QI the f&w amamt of the &ok collected. Swtiocu (b), (CL Al-h aLher gublic offictab we ~ifically prohibited itom undertakiq “the collootion of any olakn fa debt far othws,” articlu 6252- l4, V.T.C.S., thr addltlon of rrticlo 58.00 to tha Code of Criniiml Roaedrre remova my d&t m to whether a county attorney, dbtrlct l ttomey Q criminl dbtriot attomey m do ID. It b thur our opinion Unt, punwtt to a dbtrict l ttomoy may artiah53.05 of tJm Coda 0 Crlmlml Proaebe, Y hwfullyaaa?tulp8ldchooksfaprlvrkprronr
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Honorable Bill M. White - PegeTwo (NW-341)
SUMMARY Pursuant to article 53.08 of the Code of Criminal Procedum, a district attorney may lawfully collect unpaid check8 for private persona
MARK WHITE Attorney Cieneral of Terra JOHN W. FAINTER, JR.
First Assistant Attorney General
Prepared by Rick Gilpin
Assistant Attorney General
APPROVED:
OPINION COMMR’TEE
C. Robert Heath, Chairman
Jon Bible
Welter Davis
Susan Garrison Ride Gilpin
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