Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 7B.103
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 7B.103, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 7B.103. ENFORCEMENT.
Official statutory text
The procedure for the enforcement of a protective order under Title 4, Family Code, applies to the fullest extent practicable to the enforcement of a protective order under this subchapter, including provisions relating to findings, contents, duration, warning, delivery, law enforcement duties, and modification, except that:
(1) the printed statement on the warning must refer to the prosecution of subsequent offenses committed because of bias or prejudice;
(2) the court shall require a constable to serve a protective order issued under this subchapter; and
(3) the clerk of the court shall forward a copy of a protective order issued under this subchapter to the Department of Public Safety with a designation indicating that the order was issued to prevent offenses committed because of bias or prejudice.
(1) the printed statement on the warning must refer to the prosecution of subsequent offenses committed because of bias or prejudice;
(2) the court shall require a constable to serve a protective order issued under this subchapter; and
(3) the clerk of the court shall forward a copy of a protective order issued under this subchapter to the Department of Public Safety with a designation indicating that the order was issued to prevent offenses committed because of bias or prejudice.
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