Terms Used In Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 63.057

  • 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

Not later than the 30th day after the date a report of a high-risk missing person is filed, the law enforcement agency shall inform a parent or any other person considered appropriate by the agency that the person may provide:
(1) a DNA sample for forensic DNA analysis; or
(2) for purposes of DNA sampling, a personal article belonging to the high-risk missing person.