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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 20A.204 — Disclosure by attorney representing state

Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Part of Chapter 20A: GRAND JURY PROCEEDINGS, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 20A.204

Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 20A.204Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
(a) The attorney representing the state may not disclose anything transpiring before the grand jury except as permitted by this article or Article 20A.205 (a) or (b). (b) In performing the attorney's duties, the attorney representing the state may disclose or permit a disclosure of a record made under Article 20A.201 or a typewritten transcription of that record, or may make or permit a disclosure otherwise prohibited by Article 20A.203 , to a grand juror serving on the grand jury before which the record was made, another grand jury, a law enforcement agency, or a prosecuting attorney, as the attorney representing the state determines is necessary to assist the attorney in the performance of the attorney's duties. (c) The attorney representing the state shall warn any person authorized to receive information under Subsection (b) of the person's duty to maintain the secrecy of the information. (d) A person who receives information under Subsection (b) and discloses that information for purposes other than those permitted by that subsection may be punished for contempt in the same manner as a person who violates Article 20A.203 (a).

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