Sec. 86.003.  COURT ORDER FOR LAW ENFORCEMENT ASSISTANCE UNDER TEMPORARY ORDER.  On request by an applicant obtaining a temporary ex parte protective order that excludes the respondent from the respondent's residence, the court granting the temporary order shall render a written order to the sheriff, constable, or chief of police to provide a law enforcement officer from the department of the chief of police, constable, or sheriff to:
(1)  accompany the applicant to the residence covered by the order;
(2)  inform the respondent that the court has ordered that the respondent be excluded from the residence;
(3)  protect the applicant while the applicant takes possession of the residence;  and
(4)  protect the applicant if the respondent refuses to vacate the residence while the applicant takes possession of the applicant's necessary personal property.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. May 5, 1997.  Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 852, Sec. 1, eff. June 18. 1997.