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FAMILY CODE
CHAPTER 86. LAW ENFORCEMENT DUTIES RELATING TO PROTECTIVE ORDERS
§ 86.001. ADOPTION OF PROCEDURES BY LAW ENFORCEMENT
AGENCY. (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 may 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.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34,
§ 1, eff. May 5, 1997.
§ 86.0011. DUTY TO ENTER INFORMATION INTO STATEWIDE LAW
ENFORCEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEM. On receipt of an original or
modified protective order from the clerk of the issuing court, a law
enforcement agency shall immediately, but not later than the 10th
day after the date the order is received, enter the information
required by Section 411.042(b)(6), Government Code, into the
statewide law enforcement information system maintained by the
Department of Public Safety.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 35,
§ 2, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
§ 86.002. DUTY TO PROVIDE INFORMATION TO FIREARMS
DEALERS. (a) On receipt of a request for a law enforcement
information system record check of a prospective transferee by a
licensed firearms dealer under the Brady Handgun Violence
Prevention Act, 18 U.S.C. Section 922, the chief law enforcement
officer shall determine whether the Department of Public Safety has
in the department's law enforcement information system a record
indicating the existence of an active protective order directed to
the prospective transferee.
(b) If the department's law enforcement information system
indicates the existence of an active protective order directed to
the prospective transferee, the chief law enforcement officer shall
immediately advise the dealer that the transfer is prohibited.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34,
§ 1, eff. May 5, 1997.
§ 86.003. COURT ORDER FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
UNDER TEMPORARY ORDER. On request by an applicant obtaining a
temporary ex parte protective order that excludes the respondent
from the respondent's residence, the court granting the temporary
order shall render a written order to the sheriff, constable, or
chief of police to provide a law enforcement officer from the
department of the chief of police, constable, or sheriff to:
(1) accompany the applicant to the residence covered
by the order;
(2) inform the respondent that the court has ordered
that the respondent be excluded from the residence;
(3) protect the applicant while the applicant takes
possession of the residence; and
(4) protect the applicant if the respondent refuses to
vacate the residence while the applicant takes possession of the
applicant's necessary personal property.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34,
§ 1, eff. May 5, 1997.
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 852,
§ 1, eff. June 18.
1997.
§ 86.004. COURT ORDER FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE
UNDER FINAL ORDER. On request by an applicant obtaining a final
protective order that excludes the respondent from the respondent's
residence, the court granting the final order shall render a
written order to the sheriff, constable, or chief of police to
provide a law enforcement officer from the department of the chief
of police, constable, or sheriff to:
(1) accompany the applicant to the residence covered
by the order;
(2) inform the respondent that the court has ordered
that the respondent be excluded from the residence;
(3) protect the applicant while the applicant takes
possession of the residence and the respondent takes possession of
the respondent's necessary personal property; and
(4) if the respondent refuses to vacate the residence:
(A) remove the respondent from the residence;
and
(B) arrest the respondent for violating the court
order.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34,
§ 1, eff. May 5, 1997.
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 852,
§ 2, eff. June 18,
1997.
§ 86.005. PROTECTIVE ORDER FROM ANOTHER
JURISDICTION. To ensure that law enforcement officers responding
to calls are aware of the existence and terms of a protective order
from another jurisdiction, each law enforcement agency shall
establish procedures in the agency to provide adequate information
or access to information for law enforcement officers regarding the
name of each person protected by an order rendered in another
jurisdiction and of each person against whom the protective order
is directed.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1193,
§ 17, eff. Sept. 1,
1997. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 48,
§ 1, eff. Sept. 1,
2001.
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