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Tex. Fam. Code § 86.001 — Adoption of procedures by law enforcement agency
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 86: LAW ENFORCEMENT DUTIES RELATING TO PROTECTIVE ORDERS, Texas Family Code.
Full text of Tex. Fam. Code § 86.001
Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.
(a) To ensure that law enforcement officers responding to calls are aware of the existence and terms of protective orders issued under this subtitle, each law enforcement agency shall establish procedures in the agency to provide adequate information or access to information for law enforcement officers of the names of each person protected by an order issued under this subtitle and of each person against whom protective orders are directed. (b) A law enforcement agency shall enter a protective order in the agency's computer records of outstanding warrants as notice that the order has been issued and is currently in effect. On receipt of notification by a clerk of court that the court has vacated or dismissed an order, the law enforcement agency shall remove the order from the agency's computer record of outstanding warrants.
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