Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 2.10
Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
It is the duty of every magistrate to preserve the peace within his jurisdiction by the use of all lawful means; to issue all process intended to aid in preventing and suppressing crime; to cause the arrest of offenders by the use of lawful means in order that they may be brought to punishment.
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 2.10