{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-33.055","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Education Code § 33.055","heading":"FINGERPRINTS AND PHOTOGRAPHS NOT USED AS EVIDENCE.","body":"(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.\n(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.\n(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.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 260, Sec. 1, eff. May 30, 1995.","path":["EDUCATION CODE","TITLE 2. PUBLIC EDUCATION","SUBTITLE F. CURRICULUM, PROGRAMS, AND SERVICES","CHAPTER 33. SERVICE PROGRAMS AND EXTRACURRICULAR ACTIVITIES","SUBCHAPTER C. MISSING CHILD PREVENTION AND IDENTIFICATION PROGRAMS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ED/htm/ED.33.htm#33.055","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:05Z","sha256":"8f326fc33ad6a360632293d9cf6a49d909b9f9b849c277af637a1ec909ccad24","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-33.054","next":"us-tx/tex.-education-code-33.056"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}