Texas Family Code Title 3, Chapter 58 - Records; Juvenile Justice Information System
SUBCHAPTER A RECORDS
- Texas Section 58.001 - Collection Of Records Of Children
(a) Law enforcement officers and other juvenile justice personnel shall collect information described by Section 58.104 as a part of the juvenile justice information system...
- Texas Section 58.002 - Photographs And Fingerprints Of Children
(a) Except as provided by Chapter 63, Code of Criminal Procedure, a child may not be photographed or fingerprinted without the consent of the juvenile...
- Texas Section 58.0021 - Fingerprints Or Photographs For Comparison In Investigation
(a) A law enforcement officer may take temporary custody of a child to take the child's fingerprints if: (1) the officer has probable cause to...
- Texas Section 58.0022 - Fingerprints Or Photographs To Identify Runaways
A law enforcement officer who takes a child into custody with probable cause to believe that the child has engaged in conduct indicating a need...
- Texas Section 58.003 - Sealing Of Records
(a) Except as provided by Subsections (b), (c), and (e), the juvenile court shall order the sealing of the records in the case of a...
- Texas Section 58.004 - Redaction Of Victim's Personally Identifiable Information
(a) Notwithstanding any other law, before disclosing any juvenile court record or file of a child as authorized by this chapter or other law, the...
- Texas Section 58.005 - Confidentiality Of Records
(a) Records and files concerning a child, including personally identifiable information, and information obtained for the purpose of diagnosis, examination, evaluation, or treatment or for...
- Texas Section 58.0051 - Interagency Sharing Of Educational Records
(a) In this section: (1) "Educational records" means records in the possession of a primary or secondary educational institution that contain information relating to a...
- Texas Section 58.0052 - Interagency Sharing Of Certain Noneducational Records
(a) In this section: (1) "Juvenile service provider" has the meaning assigned by Section 58.0051. (2) "Multi-system youth" means a person who: (A) is younger...
- Texas Section 58.0053 - Interagency Sharing Of Juvenile Probation Records
(a) On request by the Department of Family and Protective Services, a juvenile probation officer shall disclose to the department the terms of probation of...
- Texas Section 58.006 - Destruction Of Certain Records
The court shall order the destruction of the records relating to the conduct for which a child is taken into custody, including records contained in...
- Texas Section 58.007 - Physical Records Or Files
(a) This section applies only to the inspection and maintenance of a physical record or file concerning a child and the storage of information, by...
- Texas Section 58.0071 - Destruction Of Certain Physical Records And Files
(a) In this section: (1) "Juvenile case" means: (A) a referral for conduct indicating a need for supervision or delinquent conduct; or (B) if a...
- Texas Section 58.00711 - Records Relating To Children Charged With, Convicted Of, Or Receiving Deferred Disposition For Fine-only Misdemeanors
(a) This section applies only to a misdemeanor offense punishable by fine only, other than a traffic offense. (b) Except as provided by Article 45.0217(b),...
SUBCHAPTER B JUVENILE JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM
- Texas Section 58.0072 - Dissemination Of Juvenile Justice Information
(a) Except as provided by this section, juvenile justice information collected and maintained by the Texas Juvenile Justice Department for statistical and research purposes is...
- Texas Section 58.101 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Criminal justice agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 411.082, Government Code. (2) "Department" means the Department of Public Safety of...
- Texas Section 58.102 - Juvenile Justice Information System
(a) The department is responsible for recording data and maintaining a database for a computerized juvenile justice information system that serves: (1) as the record...
- Texas Section 58.103 - Purpose Of System
The purpose of the juvenile justice information system is to: (1) provide agencies and personnel within the juvenile justice system accurate information relating to children...
- Texas Section 58.104 - Types Of Information Collected
(a) Subject to Subsection (f), the juvenile justice information system shall consist of information relating to delinquent conduct committed by a juvenile offender that, if...
- Texas Section 58.105 - Duties Of Juvenile Board
Each juvenile board shall provide for: (1) the compilation and maintenance of records and information needed for reporting information to the department under this subchapter;...
- Texas Section 58.106 - Dissemination Of Confidential Information In Juvenile Justice Information System
(a) Except as otherwise provided by this section, information contained in the juvenile justice information system is confidential information for the use of the department...
- Texas Section 58.107 - Compatibility Of Data
Data supplied to the juvenile justice information system must be compatible with the system and must contain both incident numbers and state identification numbers. Added...
- Texas Section 58.108 - Duties Of Agencies And Courts
(a) A juvenile justice agency and a clerk of a juvenile court shall: (1) compile and maintain records needed for reporting data required by the...
- Texas Section 58.109 - Uniform Incident Fingerprint Card
(a) The department may provide for the use of a uniform incident fingerprint card in the maintenance of the juvenile justice information system. (b) The...
- Texas Section 58.110 - Reporting
(a) The department by rule shall develop reporting procedures that ensure that the juvenile offender processing data is reported from the time a juvenile offender...
- Texas Section 58.111 - Local Data Advisory Boards
The commissioners court of each county may create a local data advisory board to perform the same duties relating to the juvenile justice information system...
- Texas Section 58.112 - Report To Legislature
Not later than August 15 of each year, the Texas Juvenile Justice Department shall submit to the lieutenant governor, the speaker of the house of...
SUBCHAPTER C AUTOMATIC RESTRICTION OF ACCESS TO RECORDS
- Texas Section 58.113 - Warrants
The department shall maintain in a computerized database that is accessible by the same entities that may access the juvenile justice information system information relating...
- Texas Section 58.201 - Definition
In this subchapter, "department" means the Department of Public Safety of the State of Texas. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1297, Sec. 41,...
- Texas Section 58.202 - Exempted Records
The following records are exempt from this subchapter: (1) sex offender registration records maintained by the department or a local law enforcement agency under Chapter...
- Texas Section 58.203 - Certification
Sec. 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...
- Texas Section 58.204 - Restricted Access On Certification
(a) On certification of records in a case under Section 58.203, the department, except as provided by Subsection (b): (1) may not disclose the existence...
- Texas Section 58.205 - Request To The Federal Bureau Of Investigation On Certification
On certification of records in a case under Section 58.203, the department shall request the Federal Bureau of Investigation to: (1) place the information in...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 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...
- Texas Section 58.208 - Information To Child On Discharge
On the final discharge of a child from the juvenile system or on the last official action in the case, if there is no adjudication,...
- Texas Section 58.209 - Information To Child By Probation Officer Or Texas Juvenile Justice Department
(a) When a child is placed on probation for an offense that may be eligible for automatic restricted access at age 17 or when a...
- Texas Section 58.210 - Sealing Or Destruction Of Records Not Affected
(a) This subchapter does not prevent or restrict the sealing or destruction of juvenile records as authorized by law. (b) Restricted access provided under this...
SUBCHAPTER D LOCAL JUVENILE JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM
- Texas Section 58.211 - Rescinding Restricted Access
(a) If the department has notified a juvenile probation department that a record has been placed on restricted access and the department later receives information...
- Texas Section 58.301 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "County juvenile board" means a juvenile board created under Chapter 152, Human Resources Code. (2) "Governmental placement facility" means a juvenile...
- Texas Section 58.302 - Purposes Of System
The purposes of a local juvenile justice information system are to: (1) provide accurate information at the county or regional level relating to children who...
- Texas Section 58.303 - Local Juvenile Justice Information System
(a) Juvenile justice agencies in a county or region of this state may jointly create and maintain a local juvenile justice information system to aid...
- Texas Section 58.304 - Types Of Information Contained In A Local Juvenile Information System
(a) Subject to Subsection (d), a local juvenile justice information system must consist of: (1) information relating to all referrals to the juvenile court of...
- Texas Section 58.305 - Partner Agencies
(a) A local juvenile justice information system shall to the extent possible include the following partner agencies within that county: (1) the juvenile court and...
- Texas Section 58.306 - Access To Information; Levels
(a) This section describes the level of access to information to which each partner agency in a local juvenile justice information system is entitled. (b)...
SUBCHAPTER D-1 REPORTS ON COUNTY INTERNET WEBSITES
- Texas Section 58.307 - Confidentiality Of Information
(a) Information that is part of a local juvenile justice information system is not public information and may not be released to the public, except...
- Texas Section 58.351 - Applicability
This subchapter applies only to a county with a population of 600,000 or more. Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 908 (H.B. 2884),...
- Texas Section 58.352 - Information Posted On County Website
(a) A juvenile court judge in a county to which this subchapter applies shall post a report on the Internet website of the county in...
SUBCHAPTER E STATEWIDE JUVENILE INFORMATION AND CASE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM
- Texas Section 58.353 - Confidentiality
A record posted on a county Internet website under this subchapter may not include any information that personally identifies a child. Added by Acts 2007,...
- Texas Section 58.401 - Definitions
In this subchapter: (1) "Department" means the Texas Juvenile Justice Department. (2) "Criminal justice agency" has the meaning assigned by Section 411.082, Government Code. (3)...
- Texas Section 58.402 - Purposes Of System
The purposes of the system are to: (1) provide accurate information at the statewide level relating to children who come into contact with the juvenile...
- Texas Section 58.403 - Juvenile Information System
(a) Through the adoption of an interlocal contract under Chapter 791, Government Code, with one or more counties, the department may participate in and assist...
- Texas Section 58.404 - Information Collected By Department
The department may collect and maintain all information related to juvenile offenders and all offenses committed by a juvenile offender, including all information collected and...
- Texas Section 58.405 - Authority Cumulative
The authority granted by this subchapter is cumulative of all other authority granted by this chapter to a county, the department, or a juvenile justice...
Last modified: September 28, 2016