Tex. Code of Crim. Proc. Article 21.21
Requisites of an Information

An information is sufficient if it has the following requisites:
1. It shall commence, “In the name and by authority of the State of Texas”;
2. That it appear to have been presented in a court having jurisdiction of the offense set forth;
3. That it appear to have been presented by the proper officer;
4. That it contain the name of the accused, or state that his name is unknown and give a reasonably accurate description of him;
5. It must appear that the place where the offense is charged to have been committed is within the jurisdiction of the court where the information is filed;
6. That the time mentioned be some date anterior to the filing of the information, and that the offense does not appear to be barred by limitation;
7. That the offense be set forth in plain and intelligible words;
8. That it conclude, “Against the peace and dignity of the State”; and
9. It must be signed by the district or county attorney, officially.
Acts 1965, 59th Leg., p. 317, ch. 722, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1966.

Source: Article 21.21 — Requisites of an Information, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.­21.­htm#21.­21 (accessed May 26, 2025).

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