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Know Your Rights in Texas
Short, plain-English guides to the situations our clients face most. Each one cites the law it relies on, so you can read it for yourself.
Guides
Police Stops and Arrests
Encounters, detentions and arrests, when you must give your name, refusing searches, and how to invoke your right to remain silent.
Read the guideFilming the Police
Your First Amendment right to record officers in public, where the limits are, and what to do if an officer orders you to stop.
Read the guideCarrying a Handgun in Texas
Who can carry without a license, where you cannot carry, the 30.06 and 30.07 signs, and what to expect during a stop.
Read the guideYour Rights at a Protest
Where you can demonstrate, the offenses police use at protests, dispersal orders, and what to do if you are arrested.
Read the guideAfter an Unlawful Arrest
Preserve evidence, get the body camera footage, and protect your right to sue before the deadline runs.
Read the guideExpunging an Unlawful Carry Charge
Clear a dismissed charge, an acquittal or an old pre-2021 conviction from your record.
Read the guideGetting a Seized Gun Back
The notice, the 61-day deadlines and what to do so your firearm is not destroyed or sold.
Read the guideTerroristic Threat Charges
What the State must prove, the offense levels, and defenses including the First Amendment.
Read the guideMore free resources
Videos
Know-your-rights lessons and case updates from the firm.
WatchGun Bill Tracker
Every new Texas gun bill, sorted pro and anti, with the official text.
Track the billsPocket Constitution
The full text of the Constitution and all 27 amendments.
Read itThese guides are general information and are not legal advice for your situation. The law changes, and how it applies depends on the facts. If your rights may have been violated, request a case review.
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