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Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Chapter 63 Missing Children And Missing PersonsLegal Research Home > Texas Laws > Code of Criminal Procedure > Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Chapter 63 Missing Children And Missing Persons In this chapter: (1) "Child" means a person under 18 years of age. (2) "Missing person" means a person 18 years old or older whose ... For purposes of this chapter, a person named as a child's mother or father in the child's birth certificate is presumed to be the child's ... (a) The missing children and missing persons information clearinghouse is established within the Department of Public Safety. (b) The clearinghouse is under the administrative direction ... (a) The clearinghouse is a central repository of information on missing children and missing persons. (b) The clearinghouse shall: (1) establish a system of intrastate ... (a) The Department of Public Safety shall distribute missing children and missing person report forms. (b) A missing child or missing person report may be ... (a) The clearinghouse shall print and distribute posters, flyers, and other forms of information containing descriptions of missing children. (b) The clearinghouse shall also provide ... (a) At the time a report is made for a missing child, the person to whom the report is given shall give or mail to ... (a) At the time a report is made for a missing child or adult, the law enforcement officer taking the report shall give a medical ... (a) The Texas Education Agency shall develop and administer a program for the location of missing children who may be enrolled within the Texas school ... (a) Local law enforcement agencies, on receiving a report of a missing child or a missing person, shall: (1) if the subject of the report ... The attorney general shall require each law enforcement agency to comply with this chapter and may seek writs of mandamus or other appropriate remedies to ... On the written request made to a law enforcement agency by a parent, foster parent, managing or possessory conservator, guardian of the person or the ... A law enforcement agency to which a request has been made under Article 63.011 of this code shall report to the parent on the results ... Each law enforcement agency shall provide to the missing children and missing persons information clearinghouse any information that would assist in the location or identification ... (a) The clearinghouse shall cross-check and attempt to match unidentified bodies with missing children or missing persons. When the clearinghouse discovers a possible match between ... (a) On the request of any law enforcement agency, a city or state agency shall furnish the law enforcement agency with any information about a ... The Department of Public Safety may accept money donated from any source to assist in financing the activities and purposes of the missing children and ... Clearinghouse records that relate to the investigation by a law enforcement agency of a missing child, a missing person, or an unidentified body and records ... A physician who performs a postmortem examination on the body of an unidentified person shall complete and file a death certificate in accordance with Chapter ... (a) On enrollment of a child under 11 years of age in a school for the first time at the school, the school shall: (1) ... (a) When a report that a child under 11 years of age is missing is received by a law enforcement agency, the agency shall immediately ... (a) On receipt of notification by a law enforcement agency or the clearinghouse regarding a missing child under 11 years of age, the school, day ... (a) On the return of a missing child under 11 years of age, the law enforcement agency shall notify each school or day care facility ... In this subchapter: (1) "Board" means the board of regents of the University of North Texas System. (2) "Center" means the University of North Texas ... (a) The board shall develop at the University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth a DNA database for any case based on ... (a) The database required in Article 63.052 may contain only DNA genetic markers that are commonly recognized as appropriate for human identification. Except to the ... The center shall compare DNA samples taken from unidentified human remains with DNA samples taken from personal articles belonging to high-risk missing persons or from ... In consultation with the center, the board by rule shall develop standards and guidelines for the collection of DNA samples submitted to the center and ... (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, ... Not later than the 30th day after the date a report of a high-risk missing person is filed, the law enforcement agency shall inform a ... (a) The center shall develop a standard release form that authorizes a parent or other appropriate person to voluntarily provide under Article 63.057 a DNA ... (a) The law enforcement agency shall take DNA samples from parents or other appropriate persons under Article 63.057 in any manner prescribed by the center. ... (a) Before submitting to the center a DNA sample obtained under Article 63.057, the law enforcement agency shall reverify the status of a high-risk missing ... All DNA samples extracted from a living person shall be destroyed after a positive identification is made and a report is issued. Added by Acts ... (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 ... (a) A person who collects, processes, or stores a DNA sample from a living person for forensic DNA analysis under this subchapter commits an offense ... A person who collects, processes, or stores a DNA sample from a living person for forensic DNA analysis under this subchapter and who intentionally violates ... (a) The missing persons DNA database fund is a separate account in the general revenue fund. (b) Notwithstanding Article 56.54(g), the legislature may appropriate money ... (a) The center shall create an advisory committee, consisting of medical examiners, law enforcement officials, and other interested persons as determined appropriate by the center, ... Last modified: August 11, 2007 |
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