Tex. Penal Code § 9.33 · Subchapter C. PROTECTION OF PERSONS
DEFENSE OF THIRD PERSON.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person is justified in using force or deadly force against another to protect a third person if:
(1) under the circumstances as the actor reasonably believes them to be, the actor would be justified under Section 9.31 or 9.32 in using force or deadly force to protect himself against the unlawful force or unlawful deadly force he reasonably believes to be threatening the third person he seeks to protect; and
(2) the actor reasonably believes that his intervention is immediately necessary to protect the third person.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.9.htm
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Code of Criminal Procedure
Education Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 37.0811SCHOOL MARSHALS: PUBLIC SCHOOLS.Printed as Section 9.32 or 9.33, Penal Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 37.0813SCHOOL MARSHALS: PRIVATE SCHOOLS.Printed as Section 9.32 or 9.33, Penal Code
- Tex. Educ. Code § 51.220PUBLIC JUNIOR COLLEGE SCHOOL MARSHALS.Printed as Section 9.32 or 9.33, Penal Code
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