Texas SB1748 mandates courts to notify defendants convicted of misdemeanors involving family violence about the unlawfulness of firearm and.

Texas SB1748 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to require courts to notify defendants convicted of misdemeanors involving family violence about the unlawfulness of possessing or transferring firearms or ammunition. The court must provide the defendant with an affidavit of firearm dispossession, which includes lawful methods for transferring or surrendering firearms and a declaration under penalty of perjury that all firearms and ammunition have been disposed of. The affidavit must be completed and returned to the court within 48 hours.

Texas SB1748 mandates courts to notify defendants convicted of misdemeanors involving family violence about the unlawfulness of firearm and.

Texas SB1748 amends the Code of Criminal Procedure to require courts to notify defendants convicted of misdemeanors involving family violence about the unlawfulness of possessing or transferring firearms or ammunition. The court must provide the defendant with an affidavit of firearm dispossession, which includes lawful methods for transferring or surrendering firearms and a declaration under penalty of perjury that all firearms and ammunition have been disposed of. The affidavit must be completed and returned to the court within 48 hours.