Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 56.46. Reporting Of Crime
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Art. 56.46. REPORTING OF CRIME. (a) Except as otherwise
provided by this article, a claimant or victim may not file an
application unless the victim reports the criminally injurious
conduct to the appropriate state or local public safety or law
enforcement agency within a reasonable period of time, but not so
late as to interfere with or hamper the investigation and
prosecution of the crime after the criminally injurious conduct is
committed.
(b) The attorney general may extend the time for reporting
the criminally injurious conduct if the attorney general determines
that the extension is justified by extraordinary circumstances.
(c) Subsection (a) does not apply if the victim is a child.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 5.84(a), eff. Sept. 1,
1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 779, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995;
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1434, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Article: 56.39 56.40 56.41 56.42 56.43 56.44 56.45 56.46 56.47 56.48 56.49 56.50 56.51 56.52 56.53
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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