Texas statute
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 66.054 — Fingerprint and arrest information in criminal justice information system
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 66: CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD SYSTEM, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 66.054
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.
(a) When a jurisdiction transmits fingerprints and arrest information by a remote terminal accessing the statewide automated fingerprint identification system, the Department of Public Safety shall use that transmission to create: (1) a permanent record in the criminal justice information system; or (2) a temporary arrest record in the criminal justice information system to be maintained by the department until the department receives and processes the physical copy of the arrest information. (b) The Department of Public Safety shall make available to a criminal justice agency making a background criminal inquiry any information contained in a temporary arrest record maintained by the department, including a statement that a physical copy of the arrest information was not available at the time the information was entered in the criminal justice information system.
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