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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Family Code § 52.015: DIRECTIVE TO APPREHEND.

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  1. FAMILY CODE
  2. TITLE 3. JUVENILE JUSTICE CODE
  3. CHAPTER 52. PROCEEDINGS BEFORE AND INCLUDING REFERRAL TO COURT

(a) On the request of a law-enforcement or probation officer, a juvenile court may issue a directive to apprehend a child if the court finds there is probable cause to take the child into custody under the provisions of this title.

(b) On the issuance of a directive to apprehend, any law-enforcement or probation officer shall take the child into custody.

(c) An order under this section is not subject to appeal.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 262, Sec. 16, eff. Jan. 1, 1996.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:10Z. Source file · JSON

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