Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 63.062
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 63.062, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 63.062. CONFIDENTIALITY.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), the results of a forensic DNA analysis performed by the center are confidential.
(b) The center may disclose the results of a forensic DNA analysis only to:
(1) personnel of the center;
(2) law enforcement agencies;
(3) justices of the peace, coroners, medical examiners, or other law enforcement entities submitting a sample to the center under Article 63.056;
(4) attorneys representing the state; and
(5) a parent or other appropriate person voluntarily providing a DNA sample or an article under Article 63.057.
(b) The center may disclose the results of a forensic DNA analysis only to:
(1) personnel of the center;
(2) law enforcement agencies;
(3) justices of the peace, coroners, medical examiners, or other law enforcement entities submitting a sample to the center under Article 63.056;
(4) attorneys representing the state; and
(5) a parent or other appropriate person voluntarily providing a DNA sample or an article under Article 63.057.
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