§ 63.051 Definitions
§ 63.0515 Criminal Justice Agency
§ 63.052 Establishment of DNA Database for Missing or Unidentified Persons
§ 63.053 Information Stored in Database
§ 63.054 Comparison of Samples
§ 63.055 Standards Collection; Storage
§ 63.056 Collection of Samples From Unidentified Human Remains
§ 63.057 Duty of Law Enforcement Agency to Notify Appropriate Persons Regarding Provision of Voluntary Sample
§ 63.058 Release Form
§ 63.059 Protocol for Obtaining Samples Relating to High-Risk Missing Persons
§ 63.060 Submission of Sample to Center
§ 63.061 Destruction of Samples
§ 63.062 Confidentiality
§ 63.063 Criminal Penalty
§ 63.064 Civil Penalty
§ 63.065 Missing Persons DNA Database Fund
§ 63.066 Backlog of Unidentified Human Remains: Advisory Committee and Outsourcing
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Terms Used In Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 63 > Subchapter B - University of North Texas Health Science Center At Fort Worth Missing Persons DNA Database

  • Common law: The legal system that originated in England and is now in use in the United States. It is based on judicial decisions rather than legislative action.
  • Complaint: A written statement by the plaintiff stating the wrongs allegedly committed by the defendant.
  • Damages: Money paid by defendants to successful plaintiffs in civil cases to compensate the plaintiffs for their injuries.
  • Donor: The person who makes a gift.
  • Evidence: Information presented in testimony or in documents that is used to persuade the fact finder (judge or jury) to decide the case for one side or the other.
  • Fiduciary: A trustee, executor, or administrator.
  • Gift: A voluntary transfer or conveyance of property without consideration, or for less than full and adequate consideration based on fair market value.
  • Grantor: The person who establishes a trust and places property into it.
  • in writing: includes any representation of words, letters, or figures, whether by writing, printing, or other means. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Justice: when applied to a magistrate, means justice of the peace. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Litigation: A case, controversy, or lawsuit. Participants (plaintiffs and defendants) in lawsuits are called litigants.
  • Month: means a calendar month. See Texas Government Code 312.011
  • Municipality: means a general-law municipality, home-rule municipality, or special-law municipality. See Texas Local Government Code 1.005
  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Population: means the population shown by the most recent federal decennial census. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Property: means real and personal property. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Real property: Land, and all immovable fixtures erected on, growing on, or affixed to the land.
  • Rule: includes regulation. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Statute: A law passed by a legislature.
  • Trustee: A person or institution holding and administering property in trust.
  • Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Year: means 12 consecutive months. See Texas Government Code 311.005