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Texas Family Code - Section 58.207. Juvenile Court Orders On Certification

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§ 58.207. JUVENILE COURT ORDERS ON CERTIFICATION.  (a) On 
certification of records in a case under Section 58.203, the 
juvenile court shall order:
		(1)  that the following records relating to the case 
may be accessed only as provided by Section 58.204(b):
			(A)  if the respondent was committed to the Texas 
Youth Commission, records maintained by the commission;
			(B)  records maintained by the juvenile probation 
department;              
			(C)  records maintained by the clerk of the court;                           
			(D)  records maintained by the prosecutor's 
office;  and                   
			(E)  records maintained by a law enforcement 
agency;  and                  
		(2)  the juvenile probation department to make a 
reasonable effort to notify the person who is the subject of records 
for which access has been restricted of the action restricting 
access and the legal significance of the action for the person, but 
only if the person has requested the notification in writing and has 
provided the juvenile probation department with a current address.
	(b)  On receipt of an order under Subsection (a)(1), the 
agency maintaining the records:
		(1)  may allow access only as provided by Section 
58.204(b);  and           
		(2)  shall respond to a request for information about 
the records by stating that the records do not exist.

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1297, § 41, eff. Sept. 1, 
2001.  Amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., ch. 949, § 20, eff. Sept. 
1, 2005.

Last modified: August 11, 2007