Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 42A.451 · Subchapter J. CONDITIONS APPLICABLE TO SEX OFFENDERS
SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION; DNA SAMPLE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A judge granting community supervision to a defendant required to register as a sex offender under Chapter 62 shall require that the defendant, as a condition of community supervision:
(1) register under that chapter; and
(2) submit a DNA sample to the Department of Public Safety under Subchapter G, Chapter 411, Government Code, for the purpose of creating a DNA record of the defendant, unless the defendant has already submitted the required sample under other state law.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 770 (H.B. 2299), Sec. 1.01, eff. January 1, 2017.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.42A.htm
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