Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

§ 55A.131 — CERTAIN DNA RECORDS

CR § 55A.131Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 55A. EXPUNCTION OF CRIMINAL RECORDS · Art. C-1. RECORDS AND FILES SUBJECT TO EXPUNCTION ORDER

For purposes of Subchapters A, B, and C, records and files relating to an arrest include:

(1)a DNA record created under Subchapter G, Chapter 411, Government Code;

(2)any record of the collection of the specimen from which the DNA record was created; and

(3)any record of the transfer of the specimen to the Department of Public Safety.

Legislative history

Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 204 (H.B. 1620), Sec. 5.028(a), eff. September 1, 2025.