Section 81.212 - Evading or Resisting Apprehension or Transport; Criminal Penalty(a) A person who is subject to a protective custody order or temporary detention order issued by a court under this subchapter commits an offense if the person resists or evades apprehension by a sheriff, constable, or other peace officer enforcing the order or resists or evades transport to an appropriate inpatient health care facility or other suitable facility under the order.(b) A person commits an offense if the person assists a person who is subject to a protective custody order or temporary detention order issued by a court under this subchapter in resisting or evading apprehension by a sheriff, constable, or other peace officer enforcing the order or in resisting or evading transport to an appropriate inpatient health care facility or other suitable facility under the order.(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.Tex. Health and Safety Code § 81.212
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg. - Regular Session, ch. 314,Sec. 9, eff. 6/14/2013.