Tex. Fam. Code § 58.253 · Subchapter C-1. SEALING AND DESTRUCTION OF JUVENILE RECORDS
SEALING RECORDS WITHOUT APPLICATION: DELINQUENT CONDUCT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) This section does not apply to the records of a child referred to a juvenile court or juvenile probation department solely for conduct indicating a need for supervision.
(b) A person who was referred to a juvenile probation department for delinquent conduct is entitled to have all records related to the person's juvenile matters, including records relating to any matters involving conduct indicating a need for supervision, sealed without applying to the juvenile court if the person:
(1) is at least 19 years of age;
(2) has not been adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent conduct or, if adjudicated for delinquent conduct, was not adjudicated for delinquent conduct violating a penal law of the grade of felony;
(3) does not have any pending delinquent conduct matters;
(4) has not been transferred by a juvenile court to a criminal court for prosecution under Section 54.02;
(5) has not as an adult been convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor punishable by confinement in jail; and
(6) does not have any pending charges as an adult for a felony or a misdemeanor punishable by confinement in jail.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 746 (S.B. 1304), Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2017.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.58.htm
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Family Code
- Tex. Fam. Code § 58.254CERTIFICATION OF ELIGIBILITY FOR SEALING RECORDS WITHOUT APPLICATION FOR DELINQUENT CONDUCT.Printed as Section 58.253
- Tex. Fam. Code § 58.256APPLICATION FOR SEALING RECORDS.Printed as Sections 58.253 and 58.255
- Tex. Fam. Code § 58.262INFORMATION GIVEN TO CHILD REGARDING SEALING OF RECORDS.Printed as Section 58.253
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