{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.419","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Family Code § 162.419","heading":"REGISTRY RECORDS CONFIDENTIAL.","body":"(a) All applications, registrations, records, and other information submitted to, obtained by, or otherwise acquired by a registry are confidential and may not be disclosed to any person or entity except in the manner authorized by this subchapter.\n(b) Information acquired by a registry may not be disclosed under freedom of information or sunshine legislation, rules, or practice.\n(c) A person may not file or prosecute a class action litigation to force a registry to disclose identifying information.\nAdded by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.","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 162. ADOPTION","SUBCHAPTER E. VOLUNTARY ADOPTION REGISTRIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FA/htm/FA.162.htm#162.419","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:10Z","sha256":"7f474c65e02ce1f2cb47dc6f4691be29ff0a63d74dcea7c891a571f41b238fb1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.416","next":"us-tx/tex.-family-code-162.420"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}