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Texas Family Code - Section 58.203. Certification

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§ 58.203. CERTIFICATION.  (a) The department shall 
certify to the juvenile probation department to which a referral 
was made that resulted in information being submitted to the 
juvenile justice information system that the records relating to a 
person's juvenile case are subject to automatic restriction of 
access if:
		(1)  the person is at least 21 years of age;                                  
		(2)  the juvenile case did not include violent or 
habitual felony conduct resulting in proceedings in the juvenile 
court under Section 53.045;
		(3)  the juvenile case was not certified for trial in 
criminal court under Section 54.02;  and
		(4)  the department has not received a report in its 
criminal history system that the person was granted deferred 
adjudication for or convicted of a felony or a misdemeanor 
punishable by confinement in jail for an offense committed after 
the person became 17 years of age.
	(b)  If the department's records relate to a juvenile court 
with multicounty jurisdiction, the department shall issue the 
certification described by Subsection (a) to each juvenile 
probation department that serves the court.  On receipt of the 
certification, each juvenile probation department shall determine 
whether it received the referral and, if it received the referral, 
take the restrictive action notification required by law.
	(c)  The department may issue the certification described by 
Subsection (a) by electronic means, including by electronic mail.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1297, § 41, eff. Sept. 1, 
2001.  Amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 949, § 19, eff. Sept. 
1, 2005.

Last modified: August 11, 2007