{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-12.117","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Parks and Wildlife Code § 12.117","heading":"JUSTICE COURT TO PROVIDE AFFIDAVITS CERTIFYING CERTAIN CONVICTIONS AND OTHER INFORMATION.","body":"(a) If a person is convicted in a justice court for violating a provision of this code or a proclamation or regulation adopted under this code that provides enhanced penalties for subsequent convictions, the court on request shall submit to the department an affidavit certifying the conviction. Along with such affidavit the court shall also compile and send to the department the defendant's driver's license number and copies of any photograph, picture, description, or measurement of the defendant made by any law enforcement agency in connection with the offense.\n(b) A certified copy of such affidavit and documents pursuant to Subsection (a) of this section is admissible as evidence in a criminal proceeding to prove that a particular person was convicted of the offense to which the documents pertain if the court finds that 15 days before trial, the party against whom the evidence is offered was provided a copy of the document offered as evidence.\nAdded by Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 827, Sec. 10, eff. Aug. 26, 1985. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 218, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 18.001, eff. September 1, 2009.","path":["PARKS AND WILDLIFE CODE","TITLE 2. PARKS AND WILDLIFE DEPARTMENT","CHAPTER 12. POWERS AND DUTIES CONCERNING WILDLIFE","SUBCHAPTER B. ENFORCEMENT POWERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PW/htm/PW.12.htm#12.117","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:32Z","sha256":"b31eb70796225fddef3c91152b68afe5d1f345b5763f96f3d7a6611582ff7cec","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-12.116","next":"us-tx/tex.-parks-and-wildlife-code-12.119"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}