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Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
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FAMILY CODE |
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Title 3. JUVENILE JUSTICE CODE |
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Chapter 58. RECORDS; JUVENILE JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM |
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Subchapter C. AUTOMATIC RESTRICTION OF ACCESS TO RECORDS |
Sec. 58.206. EFFECT OF CERTIFICATION IN RELATION TO THE PROTECTED PERSON
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(a) On certification of records in a case under Section 58.203:
(1) the person who is the subject of the records is not required to state in any proceeding, except as otherwise authorized by law in a criminal proceeding in which the person is testifying as a defendant, or in any application for employment, licensing, or other public or private benefit that the person has been a respondent in a case under this title and may not be punished, by perjury prosecution or otherwise, for denying:
(A) the existence of the records; or
(B) the person's participation in a juvenile proceeding related to the records; and
(2) information from the records may not be admitted against the person who is the subject of the records in a civil or criminal proceeding except a proceeding in which a juvenile adjudication was admitted under:
(A) Section 12.42, Penal Code;
(B) Article 37.07, Code of Criminal Procedure; or
(C) as otherwise authorized by criminal procedural law.
(b) A person who is the subject of records certified under this subchapter may not waive the restricted status of the records or the consequences of the restricted status.