Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 61.07. Removal Of Records Relating To A Child
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Art. 61.07. REMOVAL OF RECORDS RELATING TO A CHILD. (a) This
article does not apply to information collected under this chapter
by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice or the Texas Youth
Commission.
(b) Subject to Subsection (c), information collected under
this chapter relating to a criminal street gang must be removed from
an intelligence database established under Article 61.02 and the
intelligence database maintained by the department under Article
61.03 after two years if:
(1) the information relates to the investigation or
prosecution of criminal activity engaged in by a child; and
(2) the child who is the subject of the information has not
been:
(A) arrested for criminal activity reported to the
department under Chapter 60; or
(B) taken into custody for delinquent conduct reported to
the department under Chapter 58, Family Code.
(c) In determining whether information is required to be
removed from an intelligence database under Subsection (b), the
two-year period does not include any period during which the child
who is the subject of the information is:
(1) committed to the Texas Youth Commission for conduct that
violates a penal law of the grade of felony; or
(2) confined in the institutional division or the state jail
division of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1154, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Article: 60.21 61.01 61.02 61.03 61.04 61.05 61.06 61.07 61.08 61.09 61.10 61.11 62.001 62.002 62.003
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