Yahoo Answers is shutting down on May 4th, 2021 (Eastern Time) and beginning April 20th, 2021 (Eastern Time) the Yahoo Answers website will be in read-only mode. There will be no changes to other Yahoo properties or services, or your Yahoo account. You can find more information about the Yahoo Answers shutdown and how to download your data on this help page.
Trending News
Statute of Limitations?
How much time can pass before it's too late for a person to press charges on a domestic violence charge in the state of Texas?
No written statements were ever made. Only verbal statements to the police officers.
2 Answers
- 1 decade agoFavorite Answer
The issue your going to run into is not the length of time, but what evidence you have. Without evidence of "When" the injury occurred, "Where" it occurred (as in physical location of the incident), "What" was injured it would be very hard to file the charge and in most cases a Police Officer wil not even take the written complaint.
As a rule Assault charges, with the addition of domestic violence require 3 elements for the crime to be committed.
1) Intentional touching, or striking of a person.
2) Without the Consent of said person.
3) The two person both fall into the category of a "family unit" as defined by state statute.
Assuming that all of that is taken care of, the general rule for DV charges is 1 year, unless the suspect has left the area of jurisdiction that the crime occured in. In which case the clock do not tick.
Source(s): Im a Law Enforcement Officer - Anonymous1 decade ago
i think one year, but it may be three.
