Sec. 160.511. OFFENSE: UNAUTHORIZED RELEASE OF SPECIMEN. (a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally releases an identifiable specimen of another person for any purpose not relevant to the parentage proceeding and without a court order or the written permission of the person who furnished the specimen.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 5 - The Parent-Child Relationship and the Suit Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship
Subtitle B - Suits Affecting the Parent-Child Relationship
Chapter 160 - Uniform Parentage Act
Section 160.501. Application of Subchapter
Section 160.502. Order for Testing
Section 160.503. Requirements for Genetic Testing
Section 160.504. Report of Genetic Testing
Section 160.505. Genetic Testing Results; Rebuttal
Section 160.506. Costs of Genetic Testing
Section 160.507. Additional Genetic Testing
Section 160.508. Genetic Testing When All Individuals Not Available
Section 160.509. Deceased Individual
Section 160.510. Identical Brothers