§ 2.01 Duties of District Attorneys
§ 2.02 Duties of County Attorneys
§ 2.021 Duties of Attorney General
§ 2.022 Assistance of Texas Rangers
§ 2.023 Notification to Texas Department of Criminal Justice
§ 2.024 Tracking Use of Certain Testimony
§ 2.025 Special Duty of District or County Attorney Relating to Child Support
§ 2.03 Neglect of Duty
§ 2.04 Shall Draw Complaints
§ 2.05 When Complaint Is Made
§ 2.06 May Administer Oaths
§ 2.07 Attorney Pro Tem
§ 2.08 Disqualified
§ 2.09 Who Are Magistrates
§ 2.10 Duty of Magistrates
§ 2.101 Magistrate’s Name On Signed Order
§ 2.11 Examining Court
§ 2.12 Who Are Peace Officers
§ 2.121 Railroad Peace Officers
§ 2.122 Special Investigators
§ 2.123 Adjunct Police Officers
§ 2.124 Peace Officers From Adjoining States
§ 2.125 Special Rangers of Texas and Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association
§ 2.126 Peace Officers Commissioned by the Alabama-Coushatta Tribe of Texas and the Kickapoo Traditional Tribe of Texas
§ 2.127 School Marshals
§ 2.13 Duties and Powers
§ 2.1305 Carrying Weapon On Certain Premises
§ 2.131 Racial Profiling Prohibited
§ 2.132 Law Enforcement Policy On Racial Profiling
§ 2.133 Reports Required for Motor Vehicle Stops
§ 2.134 Compilation and Analysis of Information Collected
§ 2.136 Liability
§ 2.137 Provision of Funding or Equipment
§ 2.138 Rules
§ 2.1385 Civil Penalty
§ 2.1386 Eyewitness Identification Protocols
§ 2.1387 Intervention Required for Excessive Force; Report Required
§ 2.139 Reports Required for Officer-Involved Injuries or Deaths
§ 2.1395 Reports Required for Certain Injuries or Deaths of Peace Officers
§ 2.13951 Notice of Violation of Reporting Requirements for Certain Injuries or Deaths; Civil Penalty
§ 2.1396 Video Recordings of Arrests for Intoxication Offenses
§ 2.1397 Duties of Law Enforcement Agency Filing Case
§ 2.1398 Duties of Peace Officer Investigating Stalking, Harassment, or Terroristic Threat
§ 2.14 May Summon Aid
§ 2.15 Person Refusing to Aid
§ 2.16 Neglecting to Execute Process
§ 2.17 Conservator of the Peace
§ 2.18 Custody of Prisoners
§ 2.19 Report as to Prisoners
§ 2.195 Report of Warrant or Capias Information
§ 2.20 Deputy
§ 2.21 Duty of Clerks
§ 2.211 Hate Crime Reporting
§ 2.212 Writ of Attachment Reporting
§ 2.22 Power of Deputy Clerks
§ 2.23 Report to Attorney General
§ 2.24 Authenticating Officer
§ 2.25 Reporting Certain Aliens to Federal Government
§ 2.251 Duties Related to Immigration Detainer Requests
§ 2.26 Digital Signature and Electronic Documents
§ 2.27 Investigation of Certain Reports Alleging Abuse
§ 2.271 Investigation of Certain Reports Alleging Abuse, Neglect, or Exploitation
§ 2.272 Law Enforcement Response to Child Safety Check Alert
§ 2.273 Release of Child by Law Enforcement Officer
§ 2.28 Duties Regarding Misused Identity
§ 2.29 Report Required in Connection With Fraudulent Use or Possession of Identifying Information
§ 2.295 Report Required in Connection With Unauthorized Acquisition or Transfer of Certain Financial Information
§ 2.30 Report Concerning Certain Assaultive or Terroristic Offenses
§ 2.305 Report Required Concerning Human Trafficking Cases
§ 2.31 County Jailers
§ 2.32 Electronic Recording of Custodial Interrogations
§ 2.33 Law Enforcement Policy On Use of Force by Drone
§ 2.34 Use of Neck Restraints During Search or Arrest Prohibited
§ 2.35 Duty to Request and Render Aid
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Terms Used In Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 2 - General Duties of Officers

  • Allegation: something that someone says happened.
  • Prosecute: To charge someone with a crime. A prosecutor tries a criminal case on behalf of the government.
  • Rescission: The cancellation of budget authority previously provided by Congress. The Impoundment Control Act of 1974 specifies that the President may propose to Congress that funds be rescinded. If both Houses have not approved a rescission proposal (by passing legislation) within 45 days of continuous session, any funds being withheld must be made available for obligation.
  • Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.