{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-573.0021","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Health and Safety Code § 573.0021","heading":"DUTY OF PEACE OFFICER TO NOTIFY PROBATE COURTS.","body":"As soon as practicable, but not later than the first working day after the date a peace officer takes a person who is a ward into custody, the peace officer shall notify the court having jurisdiction over the ward's guardianship of the ward's detention or transportation to a facility in accordance with Section 573.001.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 313 (S.B. 1096), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["HEALTH AND SAFETY CODE","TITLE 7. MENTAL HEALTH AND INTELLECTUAL DISABILITY","SUBTITLE C. TEXAS MENTAL HEALTH CODE","CHAPTER 573. EMERGENCY DETENTION","SUBCHAPTER A. APPREHENSION BY PEACE OFFICER OR TRANSPORTATION FOR EMERGENCY DETENTION BY GUARDIAN"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/HS/htm/HS.573.htm#573.0021","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:17Z","sha256":"4625091447c1e217edafbee407476090de7471a50b96bd115b53189655b9200e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-573.002","next":"us-tx/tex.-health-and-safety-code-573.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}