Texas Family Code - Section 52.025. Designation Of Juvenile Processing Office
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§ 52.025. DESIGNATION OF JUVENILE PROCESSING OFFICE. (a)
The juvenile board may designate an office or a room, which may be
located in a police facility or sheriff's offices, as the juvenile
processing office for the temporary detention of a child taken into
custody under Section 52.01. The office may not be a cell or holding
facility used for detentions other than detentions under this
section. The juvenile board by written order may prescribe the
conditions of the designation and limit the activities that may
occur in the office during the temporary detention.
(b) A child may be detained in a juvenile processing office
only for:
(1) the return of the child to the custody of a person
under Section 52.02(a)(1);
(2) the completion of essential forms and records
required by the juvenile court or this title;
(3) the photographing and fingerprinting of the child
if otherwise authorized at the time of temporary detention by this
title;
(4) the issuance of warnings to the child as required
or permitted by this title; or
(5) the receipt of a statement by the child under
Section 51.095(a)(1), (2), (3), or (5).
(c) A child may not be left unattended in a juvenile
processing office and is entitled to be accompanied by the child's
parent, guardian, or other custodian or by the child's attorney.
(d) A child may not be detained in a juvenile processing
office for longer than six hours.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 495, § 2, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1086, § 48, eff. Sept. 1,
1997; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1297, § 13, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Section: 51.19 51.20 51.21 52.01 52.015 52.0151 52.02 52.025 52.026 52.03 52.031 52.032 52.04 52.041 53.01
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