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Texas Government Code - GOV'T § 411.151. Expunction or Removal of DNA Records

Current as of January 01, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The director shall expunge a DNA record of an individual from a DNA database if:

(1) the director receives:

(A) an order of expunction under Subchapter E or F, Chapter 55AArticle 55.02, Code of Criminal Procedure;  or

(B) a request from a court under Section 411.1471(e);  or

(2) the person provides the director with a certified copy of a court order issued under Subchapter C-1, Chapter 58, Family Code, that seals the juvenile record of the adjudication that resulted in the DNA record.

(b) Repealed by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., ch. 543 (H.B. 3956), § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 2023.

(c) This section does not require the director to expunge a record or destroy a sample if the director determines that the individual is otherwise required to submit a DNA sample under this subchapter.

(d) The director by rule may permit administrative removal of a record, sample, or other information erroneously included in a database.

(e) The department's failure to expunge a DNA record as required by this section may not serve as the sole grounds for a court in a criminal proceeding to exclude evidence based on or derived from the contents of that record.

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