Texas § 160.504 REPORT OF GENETIC TESTING.

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§ 160.504 — REPORT OF GENETIC TESTING.

Texas § 160.504

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Tex. Family Code Code Ann. § 160.504 (2026).

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Sec. 160.504. REPORT OF GENETIC TESTING.

(a)A report of the results of genetic testing must be in a record and signed under penalty of perjury by a designee of the testing laboratory. A report made under the requirements of this subchapter is self-authenticating.

(b)Documentation from the testing laboratory is sufficient to establish a reliable chain of custody that allows the results of genetic testing to be admissible without testimony if the documentation includes:

(1)the name and photograph of each individual whose specimens have been taken;

(2)the name of each individual who collected the specimens;

(3)the places in which the specimens were collected and the date of each collection;

(4)the name of each individual who received the specimens in the testing laboratory; and

(5)the

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Sec. 160.504. REPORT OF GENETIC TESTING. (a) A report of the results of genetic testing must be in a record and signed under penalty of perjury by a designee of the testing laboratory. A report made under the requirements of this subchapter is self-authenticating.
(b) Documentation from the testing laboratory is sufficient to establish a reliable chain of custody that allows the results of genetic testing to be admissible without testimony if the documentation includes:
(1) the name and photograph of each individual whose specimens have been taken;
(2) the name of each individual who collected the specimens;
(3) the places in which the specimens were collected and the date of each collection;
(4) the name of each individual who received the specimens in the testing laboratory; and
(5) the dates the specimens were received.