Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 65.008
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 65.008, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 65.008. GENERAL IMMUNITY.
Official statutory text
The following persons are immune from liability for good faith conduct under this chapter:
(1) a criminal justice official;
(2) an employee or officer of the department, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, or a local law enforcement authority or law enforcement agency;
(3) an employee or officer of a community supervision and corrections department or a juvenile probation department; and
(4) a member of the judiciary.
(1) a criminal justice official;
(2) an employee or officer of the department, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department, the Board of Pardons and Paroles, or a local law enforcement authority or law enforcement agency;
(3) an employee or officer of a community supervision and corrections department or a juvenile probation department; and
(4) a member of the judiciary.
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