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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Education Code § 33.055: FINGERPRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS NOT USED AS EVIDENCE.

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  1. EDUCATION CODE
  2. TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION
  3. SUBTITLE F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES
  4. CHAPTER 33. SERVICE PROGRAMS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES
  5. SUBCHAPTER C. MISSING CHILD PREVENTION AND IDENTIFICATION PROGRAMS

(a) A child's fingerprint card made under Section 33.053 or a photograph of a child made or kept under Section 33.054 may not be used as evidence in any criminal proceeding in which the child is a defendant or in any case under Title 3, Family Code, in which the child is alleged to have engaged in delinquent conduct or in conduct indicating a need for supervision.

(b) This subchapter does not apply to the use by a law enforcement agency for an official purpose of a photograph published in a school annual.

(c) This subchapter does not prevent the use of a videotape or photograph taken to monitor the activity of students for disciplinary reasons or in connection with a criminal prosecution or an action under Title 3, Family Code.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:05Z. Source file · JSON

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