Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.
Section 58.052 - Address Confidentiality Program(a) The attorney general shall establish an address confidentiality program, as provided by this subchapter, to assist a victim of family violence, sexual assault or abuse, stalking, child abduction, or trafficking of persons in maintaining a confidential address. (b) The attorney general shall: (1) designate a substitute post office box address that a participant may use in place of the participant's true residential, business, or school address;(2) act as agent to receive service of process and mail on behalf of the participant; and(3) forward to the participant mail received by the office of the attorney general on behalf of the participant.(c) A summons, writ, notice, demand, or process may be served on the attorney general on behalf of the participant by delivery of two copies of the document to the office of the attorney general. The attorney general shall retain a copy of the summons, writ, notice, demand, or process and forward the original to the participant not later than the third day after the date of service on the attorney general.(d) The attorney general shall make and retain a copy of the envelope in which certified mail is received on behalf of the participant.(e) The attorney general shall adopt rules to administer the program.Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 58.052
Amended by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 177,Sec. 2, eff. 5/24/2023.Added by Acts 2019, Texas Acts of the 86th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. TBD,Sec. 1.07, eff. 1/1/2021.