Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 17.47 · Chapter 17. BAIL
CONDITIONS REQUIRING SUBMISSION OF SPECIMEN.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A magistrate may require as a condition of release on bail or bond of a defendant that the defendant provide to a local law enforcement agency one or more specimens for the purpose of creating a DNA record under Subchapter G, Chapter 411, Government Code.
(b) A magistrate shall require as a condition of release on bail or bond of a defendant described by Section 411.1471(a), Government Code, that the defendant provide to a local law enforcement agency one or more specimens for the purpose of creating a DNA record under Subchapter G, Chapter 411, Government Code.
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History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1490, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1224 (H.B. 1068), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2005.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.17.htm
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