Texas Health And Safety Code Title 7, Chapter 573 - Emergency Detention

SUBCHAPTER A APPREHENSION BY PEACE OFFICER OR TRANSPORTATION FOR EMERGENCY DETENTION BY GUARDIAN

• Texas Section 573.001 - Apprehension By Peace Officer Without Warrant
  (a) A peace officer, without a warrant, may take a person into custody if the officer: (1) has reason to believe and does believe that:...
• Texas Section 573.002 - Peace Officer's Notification Of Detention
  (a) A peace officer shall immediately file with a facility a notification of detention after transporting a person to that facility in accordance with Section...
• Texas Section 573.003 - Transportation For Emergency Detention By Guardian
  (a) A guardian of the person of a ward who is 18 years of age or older, without the assistance of a peace officer, may...

SUBCHAPTER B JUDGE'S OR MAGISTRATE'S ORDER FOR EMERGENCY APPREHENSION AND DETENTION

• Texas Section 573.004 - Guardian's Application For Emergency Detention
  (a) After transporting a ward to a facility under Section 573.003, a guardian shall immediately file an application for detention with the facility. (b) The...
• Texas Section 573.011 - Application For Emergency Detention
  (a) An adult may file a written application for the emergency detention of another person. (b) The application must state: (1) that the applicant has...

SUBCHAPTER C EMERGENCY DETENTION, RELEASE, AND RIGHTS

• Texas Section 573.012 - Issuance Of Warrant
  (a) Except as provided by Subsection (h), an applicant for emergency detention must present the application personally to a judge or magistrate. The judge or...
• Texas Section 573.021 - Preliminary Examination
  (a) A facility shall temporarily accept a person for whom an application for detention is filed or for whom a peace officer files a notification...
• Texas Section 573.022 - Emergency Admission And Detention
  (a) A person may be admitted to a facility for emergency detention only if the physician who conducted the preliminary examination of the person makes...
• Texas Section 573.023 - Release From Emergency Detention
  (a) A person apprehended by a peace officer or transported for emergency detention under Subchapter A or detained under Subchapter B shall be released on...
• Texas Section 573.024 - Transportation After Release
  (a) Arrangements shall be made to transport a person who is entitled to release under Section 573.023 to: (1) the location of the person's apprehension;...
• Texas Section 573.025 - Rights Of Persons Apprehended, Detained, Or Transported For Emergency Detention
  (a) A person apprehended, detained, or transported for emergency detention under this chapter has the right: (1) to be advised of the location of detention,...
• Texas Section 573.026 - Transportation After Detention
  A person being transported after detention under Section 573.022 shall be transported in accordance with Section 574.045. Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1512,...

Last modified: September 28, 2016