Untitled Texas Attorney General Opinion

175 OFFICE OF THE ATTORNEY GENERAL OFTEXAS AUSTIN Hoi?.E.A. HOdip6 county wcu.ter #iJ.llac;sOri caunty w3e+y3town,E8x8a C\ W.lrtS, plaYW8 or recorder8 Of an iEOOS;jOl=at88 city or tmrt), stall extend to any part 0r the State and any pa08 otiioer to Who18 said war- rant i8 directed, or into WOOS8 hands the aa~~ has b?sn transferred, shall be authorizsd to 8XeOUte th8 BEG8 i.Ilally OWZlty in tii8 StGt8." It is al8ar, tharorore, that a aonstable baing a *pea08 otrioer’ a8 that tcna18 a8iiDed fn mlo3.8 36, C.C.P., 0ap 8X8oute a warrantof arrest in any ooun- ty in Taxas. It Wa8 h8lO in th8 8B88 R8XlSOnYE. State, 49 S&f. (2d) 463 that Artiole 223, supra, does not ex- t8Ild th8 right Of a pea08 OffiO8r t0 Xi&C8 a ar8St Wt- side of his auunty in the absaaoe oi a warlgnt, and that an arrest nade without a warrant 18 void. It is, therefors, the oplnlcna of'thie depart- me+&, and you are so advised, that a aonstable haa the lddlckity to 6X8OUt8 a W~rilllt Of alTG3St UOt O&lb in ,$mw,y preolnat within us oounty, but as well in any county In the state, and la antitled to the rear urd tileage provided by law thereior. ATTORNEY GFJ.UmAL OB TEXAS