Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 2A.051 · Subchapter B. POWERS AND DUTIES OF PEACE OFFICERS AND LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES
GENERAL POWERS AND DUTIES OF PEACE OFFICERS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Each peace officer shall:
(1) preserve the peace within the officer's jurisdiction using all lawful means;
(2) in every case authorized by this code, interfere without a warrant to prevent or suppress crime;
(3) execute all lawful process issued to the officer by a magistrate or court;
(4) give notice to an appropriate magistrate of all offenses committed in the officer's jurisdiction, where the officer has good reason to believe there has been a violation of the penal law;
(5) when authorized by law, arrest an offender without a warrant so the offender may be taken before the proper magistrate or court and be tried;
(6) take possession of a child under Article 63.00905(g); and
(7) on a request made by the Texas Civil Commitment Office, execute an emergency detention order issued by that office under Section 841.0837, Health and Safety Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 1.001, eff. January 1, 2025.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 204 (H.B. 1620), Sec. 5.003(a), eff. September 1, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.2A.htm
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