Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 63.057
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 63.057, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 63.057. DUTY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO NOTIFY APPROPRIATE PERSONS REGARDING PROVISION OF VOLUNTARY SAMPLE.
Official statutory text
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.
(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.
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