Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 7B.101 · Subchapter C. PROTECTIVE ORDER PROHIBITING OFFENSE MOTIVATED BY BIAS OR PREJUDICE
REQUEST FOR PROTECTIVE ORDER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person may request the court to issue a protective order under Title 4, Family Code, for the protection of the person at any proceeding:
(1) in which the defendant appears in constitutional county court, statutory county court, or district court;
(2) that is related to an offense under Title 5, Penal Code, or Section 28.02, 28.03, or 28.08, Penal Code; and
(3) in which it is alleged that the defendant committed the offense because of bias or prejudice as described by Article 42.014.
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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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.7B.htm
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Code of Criminal Procedure
Family Code
Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code tit. 5OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSONPrinted as Title 5, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 28.02ARSON.Printed as Section 28.02, 28.03, or 28.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 28.03CRIMINAL MISCHIEF.Printed as Section 28.02, 28.03, or 28.08, Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 28.08GRAFFITI.Printed as Section 28.02, 28.03, or 28.08, Penal Code
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