Source: http://lawcenter.giffords.org/disarming-prohibited-persons-in-texas/
Timestamp: 2018-08-21 09:59:08
Document Index: 61616659

Matched Legal Cases: ['§ 573', '§ 573', 'Art. 18', 'Art. 18', 'Art. 18', 'Art. 18', 'Art. 18']

Disarming Prohibited Persons in Texas | Giffords Law Center to Prevent Gun Violence
In 2013, Texas enacted a law authorizing a peace officer who takes certain mentally ill persons into custody because they pose a substantial risk of serious harm to self or others to immediately seize any firearm found in possession of the person.1
Tex. Health & Safety Code § 573.001(g). Under Texas law, a peace officer may take a person into custody without a warrant if the officer: (1) has reason to believe and does believe that (A) the person is a person with mental illness; and (B) because of that mental illness there is a substantial risk of serious harm to the person or to others unless the person is immediately restrained; and (2) believes that there is not sufficient time to obtain a warrant before taking the person into custody. Tex. Health & Safety Code § 573.001(a). ⤴︎
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art. 18.191(a). ⤴︎
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art. 18.191(b). ⤴︎
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art. 18.191(c). ⤴︎
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art. 18.191(d). ⤴︎
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. Art. 18.191(e). ⤴︎