Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 55A.131 · Subchapter C-1. RECORDS AND FILES SUBJECT TO EXPUNCTION ORDER
CERTAIN DNA RECORDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
For purposes of Subchapters A, B, and C, records and files relating to an arrest include:
(1) a DNA record created under Subchapter G, Chapter 411, Government Code;
(2) any record of the collection of the specimen from which the DNA record was created; and
(3) any record of the transfer of the specimen to the Department of Public Safety.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 204 (H.B. 1620), Sec. 5.028(a), eff. September 1, 2025.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.55A.htm
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