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Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 63.062 — Confidentiality

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

Part of Chapter 63: MISSING CHILDREN AND MISSING PERSONS, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 63.062

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. 63.062Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the results of a forensic DNA analysis performed by the center are confidential. (b) The center may disclose the results of a forensic DNA analysis only to: (1) personnel of the center; (2) law enforcement agencies; (3) justices of the peace, coroners, medical examiners, or other law enforcement entities submitting a sample to the center under Article 63.056 ; (4) attorneys representing the state; and (5) a parent or other appropriate person voluntarily providing a DNA sample or an article under Article 63.057 .

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