Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 64.035 · Chapter 64. MOTION FOR FORENSIC DNA TESTING
UNIDENTIFIED DNA PROFILES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
If an analyzed sample meets the applicable requirements of state or federal submission policies, on completion of the testing under Article 64.03, the convicting court shall order any unidentified DNA profile to be compared with the DNA profiles in:
(1) the DNA database established by the Federal Bureau of Investigation; and
(2) the DNA database maintained by the Department of Public Safety under Subchapter G, Chapter 411, Government Code.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 278 (H.B. 1573), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2011.
Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 366 (S.B. 122), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2011.
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