{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.504","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 160.504","heading":"REPORT OF GENETIC TESTING.","body":"(a) A report of the results of genetic testing must be in a record and signed under penalty of perjury by a designee of the testing laboratory. A report made under the requirements of this subchapter is self-authenticating.\n(b) Documentation from the testing laboratory is sufficient to establish a reliable chain of custody that allows the results of genetic testing to be admissible without testimony if the documentation includes:\n(1) the name and photograph of each individual whose specimens have been taken;\n(2) the name of each individual who collected the specimens;\n(3) the places in which the specimens were collected and the date of each collection;\n(4) the name of each individual who received the specimens in the testing laboratory; and\n(5) the dates the specimens were received.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff. June 14, 2001.","path":["FAMILY CODE","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","SUBCHAPTER F. GENETIC TESTING"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.160.htm#160.504","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"b7a3cccc23159230bad4dd7025a0d9c75decea064edb444e320fde2d8842783e","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.503","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.505"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}