37 Tex. Admin. Code § 13.163 - Destruction Documentation - Security Control
(a) Contemporaneous written statement. At or
immediately after the time of a destruction under this subchapter, one of the
witnesses to destruction must complete a written statement containing a
detailed description of the destruction of the item, including all the relevant
information required by this subchapter.
(b) Private contract. If a laboratory, law
enforcement agency, or peace officer contracts with a private entity to destroy
the item, the witnesses need not be present during the actual physical
destruction of each item by the private contractor. A written statement under
this subsection must document the status and handling of the item up to the
point the laboratory, agency, or officer turned it over to the private
contractor for destruction under the contract.
(c) Contents of statement. A statement may
incorporate other documents by reference and must contain:
(1) relevant seizure information, including
the seizing law enforcement agency or peace officer, the date and location of
seizure, and the authority for seizure;
(2) the destruction authority, including the
name, position, and reason given by the individual authorizing
destruction;
(3) the manner of
transportation to the destruction site, including the names of each individual
transporting an item;
(4) an
inventory of the items destroyed, including the nature, kind, and quantity of
the item;
(5) the witnesses,
including the name, title, agency, and signature of each witness;
(6) the date and location of
destruction;
(7) manner of
destruction; and
(8) each unusual
or suspicious event that occurred during the destruction incident.
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