Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18.065
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 18.065, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 18.065. EXECUTION OF WARRANT ISSUED BY DISTRICT JUDGE FOR DNA SPECIMEN.
Official statutory text
(a) A warrant issued by the judge of a district court under Article 18.02(a)(10) to collect a DNA specimen from a person for the purpose of connecting that person to an offense may be executed in any county in this state.
(b) This article does not apply to a warrant issued by a justice of the peace, judge, or other magistrate other than a judge of a district court.
(b) This article does not apply to a warrant issued by a justice of the peace, judge, or other magistrate other than a judge of a district court.
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