Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
§ 63.056 — COLLECTION OF SAMPLES FROM UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN REMAINS
CR § 63.056Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 63. MISSING CHILDREN AND MISSING PERSONS · Art. B. UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS HEALTH SCIENCE CENTER AT FORT WORTH MISSING PERSONS DNA DATABASE
Statute text
View on sourceText of subsection effective until April 01, 2027
(a)A physician acting on the request of a justice of the peace under Subchapter A, Chapter 49, a county coroner, a county medical examiner, or other law enforcement entity, as appropriate, shall collect samples from unidentified human remains. The justice of the peace, coroner, medical examiner, or other law enforcement entity shall submit those samples to the center for forensic DNA analysis and inclusion of the results in the DNA database. Text of subsection effective on April 01, 2027
(a)A physician acting on the request of a justice of the peace under Subchapter B, Chapter 49A, a county coroner, a county medical examiner, or other law enforcement entity, as appropriate, shall collect samples from unidentified human remains. The justice of the peace, coroner, medical examiner, or other law enforcement entity shall submit those samples to the center for forensic DNA analysis and inclusion of the results in the DNA database.
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Legislative history
Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 202 (H.B. 1610), Sec. 2.02, eff. April 1, 2027.