Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 14.055 · Chapter 14. ARREST WITHOUT WARRANT
DUTY OF OFFICER TO NOTIFY PROBATE COURT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this article, "ward" has the meaning assigned by Section 22.033, Estates Code.
(b) As soon as practicable, but not later than the first working day after the date a peace officer detains or arrests a person who is a ward, the peace officer or the person having custody of the ward shall notify the court having jurisdiction over the ward's guardianship of the ward's detention or arrest.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 313 (S.B. 1096), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.14.htm
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