Tex. Fam. Code § 262.009 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
TEMPORARY CARE OF CHILD TAKEN INTO POSSESSION.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
An employee of or volunteer with a law enforcement agency who successfully completes a background and criminal history check approved by the law enforcement agency may assist a law enforcement officer or juvenile probation officer with the temporary care of a child who is taken into possession by a governmental entity without a court order under this chapter until further arrangements regarding the custody of the child can be made.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 970, Sec. 1, eff. June 20, 2003.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.262.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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