Tex. Family Code § 86.001
This is the official text of Tex. Family Code § 86.001, part of Texas’s Family Code — governs marriage, divorce, child custody and support, and adoption.
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§ 86.001. ADOPTION OF PROCEDURES BY LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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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