Tex. Health & Safety Code § 573.0021 · Subchapter A. APPREHENSION BY PEACE OFFICER OR TRANSPORTATION FOR EMERGENCY DETENTION BY GUARDIAN
DUTY OF PEACE OFFICER TO NOTIFY PROBATE COURTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
As soon as practicable, but not later than the first working day after the date a peace officer takes a person who is a ward into custody, the peace officer shall notify the court having jurisdiction over the ward's guardianship of the ward's detention or transportation to a facility in accordance with Section 573.001.
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History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 313 (S.B. 1096), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2017.
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