OFFENSE: UNAUTHORIZED RELEASE OF INFORMATION
Known as the Uniform Parentage Act
The act spans §§ 160–160 (97 sections).
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 821, Sec. 1.01, eff
(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally releases information from the registry of paternity to another person, including an agency, that is not authorized to receive the information under Section 160.412.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.