Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 7B.002 · Subchapter A. PROTECTIVE ORDER FOR VICTIMS OF CERTAIN SEXUAL, STALKING, TRAFFICKING, OR BURGLARY OFFENSES
TEMPORARY EX PARTE ORDER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) If the court finds from the information contained in an application for a protective order that there is a clear and present danger of conduct described by Article 7B.001(a)(1) or (2) or other harm to the applicant, the court, without further notice to the alleged offender and without a hearing, may issue a temporary ex parte order for the protection of the applicant or any other member of the applicant's family or household.
(b) For purposes of this article, a military protective order issued to a person because the person was a reported victim of an offense under Section 22.011, 22.012, or 22.021, Penal Code, constitutes sufficient information for a court to find there is a clear and present danger of sexual assault or abuse or other harm to the applicant.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 1.02, eff. January 1, 2021.
Amended by:
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 846 (S.B. 623), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 915 (H.B. 3607), Sec. 4.002(c), eff. September 1, 2021.
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 251 (H.B. 2596), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.
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Code of Criminal Procedure
Penal Code
Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 7B.002. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Code of Criminal Procedure
Government Code
- Tex. Gov't Code § 72.039PROTECTIVE ORDER APPLICATIONS, FORMS, AND MATERIALS.Printed as Article 7B.002, Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Gov't Code § 72.154PUBLIC ACCESS TO PROTECTIVE ORDER REGISTRY.Printed as Article 7B.002 or 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Gov't Code § 72.158REQUEST FOR GRANT OR REMOVAL OF PUBLIC ACCESS.Printed as Article 7B.002 or 17.292, Code of Criminal Procedure
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