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Tex. Fam. Code § 58.101 — Definitions
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 58: RECORDS; JUVENILE JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM, Texas Family Code.
Full text of Tex. Fam. Code § 58.101
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.
In this subchapter: (1) "Criminal justice agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 411.082 , Government Code. (2) "Department" means the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas. (3) "Disposition" means an action that results in the termination, transfer of jurisdiction, or indeterminate suspension of the prosecution of a juvenile offender. (4) "Incident number" means a unique number assigned to a child during a specific custodial or detention period or for a specific referral to the office or official designated by the juvenile board, if the juvenile offender was not taken into custody before the referral. (5) "Juvenile justice agency" means an agency that has custody or control over juvenile offenders. (6) "Juvenile offender" means a child who has been assigned an incident number. (7) "State identification number" means a unique number assigned by the department to a child in the juvenile justice information system. (8) "Uniform incident fingerprint card" means a multiple-part form containing a unique incident number with space for information relating to the conduct for which a child has been taken into custody, detained, or referred, the child's fingerprints, and other relevant information.
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