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Tex. Fam. Code § 54.0409 — Dna sample required on certain felony adjudications
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 54: JUDICIAL PROCEEDINGS, Texas Family Code.
Full text of Tex. Fam. Code § 54.0409
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) This section applies only to conduct constituting the commission of a felony: (1) that is listed in Article 42A.054 (a), Code of Criminal Procedure; or (2) for which it is shown that a deadly weapon, as defined by Section 1.07 , Penal Code, was used or exhibited during the commission of the conduct or during immediate flight from the commission of the conduct. (b) If a court or jury makes a disposition under Section 54.04 in which a child is adjudicated as having engaged in conduct constituting the commission of a felony to which this section applies and the child is placed on probation, the court shall require as a condition of probation that the child provide a DNA sample under Subchapter G , Chapter 411 , Government Code, for the purpose of creating a DNA record of the child, unless the child has already submitted the required sample under other state law.
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