37 Tex. Admin. Code § 27.163 - Notice of Entry
(a) A person may
request to determine whether the department has entered information relating to
that person in the DNA Supported Suspected Offender File as follows:
(1) The person must be fingerprinted by a
criminal justice agency or other entity on a department approved fingerprint
card, or by the department approved electronic fingerprint submission vendor.
The criminal justice agency, other entity or the department approved vendor for
the electronic submission of fingerprints must establish the person's identity
by requiring the person to produce a government issued photo identification
document.
(2) The criminal justice
agency or other entity must include the following identifying information of
the person on the fingerprint card:
(A) the
person's complete name (LAST, FIRST, MIDDLE), including any other names used by
the person;
(B) the person's sex,
race, and date of birth (MONTH, DAY, YEAR); and
(C) a complete, legible set of ten rolled
fingerprints and simultaneous impressions taken from the person.
(3) The person must mail the
completed fingerprint card and a signed, written request that the department
search the DNA Supported Suspected Offender File for information relating to
the person to Crime Records Service, Attn: DNA Supported Suspected Offender
File, Texas Department of Public Safety, P.O. Box 4143, Austin, Texas
78765-4143. The written request must include the printed name, phone number,
and return mailing address of the person designated to receive the result of
the search.
(4) Fingerprint cards
with illegible prints or incomplete information will be returned to the address
provided in the written request for proper re-submission.
(b) Upon receipt of a request described by
this section, the department will conduct a fingerprint based search of the DNA
Supported Suspected Offender File. If an entry relating to the person is
located, a printout of the information and the requesting letter will be
returned to the designee. If information relating to the person is not located,
a certified letter will be returned to the designee stating, "No entry on
file." and the requesting letter will be returned to the person. The department
will respond within ten (10) business days of the receipt of the
request.
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