Sec. 58.206. EFFECT OF CERTIFICATION IN RELATION TO THE PROTECTED PERSON. (a) On certification of records in a case under Section 58.203:
(1) the person who is the subject of the records is not required to state in any proceeding, except as otherwise authorized by law in a criminal proceeding in which the person is testifying as a defendant, or in any application for employment, licensing, or other public or private benefit that the person has been a respondent in a case under this title and may not be punished, by perjury prosecution or otherwise, for denying:
(A) the existence of the records; or
(B) the person's participation in a juvenile proceeding related to the records; and
(2) information from the records may not be admitted against the person who is the subject of the records in a civil or criminal proceeding except a proceeding in which a juvenile adjudication was admitted under:
(A) Section 12.42, Penal Code;
(B) Article 37.07, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
(C) as otherwise authorized by criminal procedural law.
(b) A person who is the subject of records certified under this subchapter may not waive the restricted status of the records or the consequences of the restricted status.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1297, Sec. 41, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
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