Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 7B.051 · Subchapter B. STALKING PROTECTIVE ORDER
REQUEST FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) At any proceeding related to an offense under Section 42.072, Penal Code, in which the defendant appears before the court, a person may request the court to issue a protective order under Title 4, Family Code, for the protection of the person.
(b) The request under Subsection (a) is made by filing an application for a protective order in the same manner as an application for a protective order under Title 4, Family Code.
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.
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