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Code of Criminal Procedure 57.01 on 5/8/2015 

	
					
Text of article effective until January 01, 2021
Art. 57.01. DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:
(1) "Name" means the legal name of a person.
(2) "Pseudonym" means a set of initials or a fictitious name chosen by a victim to designate the victim in all public files and records concerning the offense, including police summary reports, press releases, and records of judicial proceedings.
(3) "Public servant" has the meaning assigned by Subsection (a), Section 1.07, Penal Code.
(4) "Victim" means a person who was the subject of:
(A) an offense the commission of which leads to a reportable conviction or adjudication under Chapter 62;  or
(B) an offense that is part of the same criminal episode, as defined by Section 3.01, Penal Code, as an offense described by Paragraph (A).


Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 571, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.  Subd. (4) amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 680, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997;  Subd. (4) amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 451, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003;  Subd. (4) amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 5.0025, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by: 
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 3.01, eff. January 1, 2021.