Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 30.006 · Chapter 30. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS
CERTAIN LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY RECORDS NOT SUBJECT TO DISCOVERY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "law enforcement agency" means a governmental agency that employs a peace officer as defined by Article 2A.001, Code of Criminal Procedure.
(b) This section does not apply to an action in which a law enforcement agency is a party.
(c) Except as provided by Subsection (d), a court in a civil action may not order discovery from a nonparty law enforcement agency of information, records, documents, evidentiary materials, and tangible things if:
(1) the information, records, documents, evidentiary materials, or tangible things deal with:
(A) the detection, investigation, or prosecution of crime; or
(B) an investigation by the nonparty law enforcement agency that does not result in conviction or deferred adjudication; and
(2) the release of the information, records, documents, evidentiary materials, or tangible things would interfere with the detection, investigation, or prosecution of criminal acts.
(d) On motion of a party, the court may order discovery from a nonparty law enforcement agency of information, records, documents, evidentiary materials, and tangible things described by Subsection (c) if the court determines, after in camera inspection, that:
(1) the discovery sought is relevant; and
(2) there is a specific need for the discovery.
(e) This section does not apply to:
(1) a report of a collision under Chapter 550, Transportation Code; and
(2) photographs, field measurements, scene drawings, and collision reconstruction done in conjunction with the investigation of the underlying collision.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 679 (H.B. 1572), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 709 (H.B. 2190), Sec. 113, eff. September 1, 2023.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 765 (H.B. 4504), Sec. 2.009, eff. January 1, 2025.
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