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

Tex. Local Government Code § 143.090: RELEASE OF PHOTOGRAPHS OF POLICE OFFICERS.

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  1. LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE
  2. TITLE 5. MATTERS AFFECTING PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
  3. SUBTITLE A. MUNICIPAL OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES
  4. CHAPTER 143. MUNICIPAL CIVIL SERVICE FOR FIREFIGHTERS AND POLICE OFFICERS
  5. SUBCHAPTER F. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS

A department, commission, or municipality may not release a photograph that depicts a police officer unless:

(1) the officer has been charged with an offense by indictment or by information;

(2) the officer is a party in a civil service hearing or a case before a hearing examiner or in arbitration;

(3) the photograph is introduced as evidence in a judicial proceeding; or

(4) the officer gives written consent to the release of the photograph.

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 300 (H.B. 2006), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.

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

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