Texas Statutes
Title 1 - Code of Criminal Procedure
Chapter 63 - Missing Children and Missing Persons

Subchapter A. General Provisions

Article 63.001. Definitions - (1) "Abduct" has the meaning assigned by Section 20.01, Penal...

Article 63.0015. Presumption Regarding Parentage - Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 685, Sec. 2,...

Article 63.0016. Attempted Child Abduction by Relative - Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 571 (S.B....

Article 63.002. Missing Children and Missing Persons Information Clearinghouse - (b) The clearinghouse is under the administrative direction of the...

Article 63.003. Function of Clearinghouse - (b) The clearinghouse shall: (1) establish a system of intrastate...

Article 63.004. Report Forms - (b) A missing child or missing person report may be...

Article 63.0041. Reporting of Attempted Child Abduction - (b) A law enforcement officer or local law enforcement agency...

Article 63.005. Distribution of Information - (b) The clearinghouse shall also provide to the Texas Education...

Article 63.006. Release of Dental Records - (b) At any time a report is made for a...

Article 63.007. Release of Medical Records - (b) At any time a report is made for an...

Article 63.008. Missing Children Program - (b) The program shall include the use of information received...

Article 63.009. Law Enforcement Requirements - (1) if the subject of the report is a child...

Article 63.0091. Law Enforcement Requirements Regarding Reports of Certain Missing Children - (1) had been reported missing on four or more occasions...

Article 63.0092. Option to Designate Missing Child as High Risk - (b) In entering information regarding a report described by Subsection...

Article 63.010. Attorney General to Require Compliance - Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 132, Sec. 1,...

Article 63.011. Missing Children Investigations - Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 132, Sec. 1,...

Article 63.012. Report of Inquiry - Added by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 132, Sec. 1,...

Article 63.013. Information to Clearinghouse - (1) any information that would assist in the location or...

Article 63.014. Cross-Checking and Matching - (b) Those law enforcement agencies that receive notice of a...

Article 63.015. Availability of Information Through Other Agencies - (b) The information given under Subsection (a) of this article...

Article 63.016. Donations - Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 894, Sec. 1,...

Article 63.017. Confidentiality of Certain Records - Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 190, Sec. 1,...

Article 63.018. Death Certificates - Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1427, Sec. 1,...

Article 63.019. School Records System - (1) request from the person enrolling the child the name...

Article 63.020. Duty of Schools and Other Entities to Flag Missing Children's Records - (b) On receipt of notice that a child under 11...

Article 63.021. System for Flagging Records - (b) When a request concerning a flagged record is made...

Article 63.022. Removal of Flag From Records - (b) On notification by the law enforcement agency or the...

Subchapter B. University of North Texas Health Science Center at Fort Worth Missing Persons DNA Database

Article 63.051. Definitions - (1) "Board" means the board of regents of the University...

Article 63.0515. Criminal Justice Agency - Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 320 (H.B....

Article 63.052. Establishment of DNA Database for Missing or Unidentified Persons - (b) The database may be used to identify unidentified human...

Article 63.053. Information Stored in Database - (b) The results of the forensic DNA analysis must be...

Article 63.054. Comparison of Samples - Transferred from Education Code, Subchapter I, Chapter 105 by Acts...

Article 63.055. Standards Collection; Storage - Transferred from Education Code, Subchapter I, Chapter 105 by Acts...

Article 63.056. Collection of Samples From Unidentified Human Remains - (b) After the center has performed the forensic DNA analysis,...

Article 63.057. Duty of Law Enforcement Agency to Notify Appropriate Persons Regarding Provision of Voluntary Sample - (1) a DNA sample for forensic DNA analysis; or (2)...

Article 63.058. Release Form - (b) A law enforcement agency may not use any form...

Article 63.059. Protocol for Obtaining Samples Relating to High-Risk Missing Persons - (b) The center shall develop a model kit to be...

Article 63.060. Submission of Sample to Center - (b) As soon as practicable after a DNA sample is...

Article 63.061. Destruction of Samples - Transferred from Education Code, Subchapter I, Chapter 105 by Acts...

Article 63.062. Confidentiality - (b) The center may disclose the results of a forensic...

Article 63.063. Criminal Penalty - (b) An offense under this section is a Class B...

Article 63.064. Civil Penalty - Transferred from Education Code, Subchapter I, Chapter 105 by Acts...

Article 63.065. Missing Persons DNA Database Fund - (b) Notwithstanding Article 56B.453(a), the legislature may appropriate money in...

Article 63.066. Backlog of Unidentified Human Remains: Advisory Committee and Outsourcing - (b) The center shall use any available federal funding to...