{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.511","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 160.511","heading":"OFFENSE: UNAUTHORIZED RELEASE OF SPECIMEN.","body":"(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.\n(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.\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#160.511","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"81f93369a3695d375cf344a477ed4770595ca91438cb8834b89e57a57f0a5639","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.510","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-160.512"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}