Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 63.057 · Subchapter B. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH MISSING PERSONS DNA DATABASE
DUTY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO NOTIFY APPROPRIATE PERSONS REGARDING PROVISION OF VOLUNTARY SAMPLE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Not later than the 30th day after the date a report of a high-risk missing person is filed, the law enforcement agency shall inform a parent or any other person considered appropriate by the agency that the person may provide:
(1) a DNA sample for forensic DNA analysis; or
(2) for purposes of DNA sampling, a personal article belonging to the high-risk missing person.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Transferred from Education Code, Subchapter I, Chapter 105 by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 319 (S.B. 651), Sec. 2, eff. June 17, 2005.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.63.htm
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Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 63.057. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Code of Criminal Procedure
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 63.058RELEASE FORM.Printed as Article 63.057
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 63.059PROTOCOL FOR OBTAINING SAMPLES RELATING TO HIGH-RISK MISSING PERSONS.Printed as Article 63.057
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 63.060SUBMISSION OF SAMPLE TO CENTER.Printed as Article 63.057
- Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 63.062CONFIDENTIALITY.Printed as Article 63.057
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