Tex. Fam. Code § 81.007 · Chapter 81. GENERAL PROVISIONS
PROSECUTING ATTORNEY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The county attorney or the criminal district attorney is the prosecuting attorney responsible for filing applications under this subtitle unless the district attorney assumes the responsibility by giving notice of that assumption to the county attorney.
(b) The prosecuting attorney responsible for filing an application under this subtitle shall provide notice of that responsibility to all law enforcement agencies in the jurisdiction of the prosecuting attorney.
Text of subsection effective until April 01, 2027
(c) The prosecuting attorney shall comply with Article 5.06, Code of Criminal Procedure, in filing an application under this subtitle.
Text of subsection effective on April 01, 2027
(c) The prosecuting attorney shall comply with Articles 5A.011, 5A.012, and 5A.013, Code of Criminal Procedure, in filing an application under this subtitle.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. May 5, 1997.
Amended by:
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 202 (H.B. 1610), Sec. 2.03, eff. April 1, 2027.
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Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 5.06DUTIES OF PROSECUTING ATTORNEYS AND COURTS.Printed as Article 5.06, Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 5A.011PROSECUTOR'S NOTICE OF RESPONSIBILITY FOR FILING APPLICATIONS FOR PROTECTIVE ORDERS.Printed as Articles 5A.011, 5A.012, and 5A.013, Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 5A.012PROSECUTOR'S FILING OF PROTECTIVE ORDER: PROHIBITED CONSIDERATION; AUTHORITY TO REQUIRE INFORMATION.Printed as Articles 5A.011, 5A.012, and 5A.013, Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 5A.013DELAY OR DISMISSAL OF PROSECUTION BASED ON STATUS OF CERTAIN CIVIL PROCEEDINGS PROHIBITED.Printed as Articles 5A.011, 5A.012, and 5A.013, Code of Criminal Procedure
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