Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56B.053
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56B.053, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 56B.053. REPORTING OF OFFENSE REQUIRED.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this article, a claimant or victim may not file an application unless the victim reports the criminally injurious conduct to the appropriate state or local public safety or law enforcement agency within a reasonable period, but not so late as to interfere with or hamper the investigation and prosecution of the offense after the criminally injurious conduct is committed.
(b) The attorney general may extend the time for reporting the criminally injurious conduct if the attorney general determines that the extension is justified by extraordinary circumstances.
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply if the victim is a child.
(b) The attorney general may extend the time for reporting the criminally injurious conduct if the attorney general determines that the extension is justified by extraordinary circumstances.
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply if the victim is a child.
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