Texas § CP.30.010 - PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION PRIVILEGED FROM DISCOVERY BY INMATE OR COMMITTED
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§ CP.30.010. PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION PRIVILEGED FROM DISCOVERY BY INMATE OR COMMITTED
PERSONAL IDENTIFYING INFORMATION PRIVILEGED FROM DISCOVERY BY INMATE OR COMMITTED PERSON. (a) Personal identifying information pertaining to an individual, including the individual's home address, home telephone number, and social security account number, is privileged from discovery by an individual who is imprisoned or confined in any correctional facility or civilly committed as a sexually violent predator under Chapter 841 , Health and Safety Code, if the individual to whom the information pertains is: (1) an employee of any correctional facility; (2) an officer or employee of the Texas Civil Commitment Office or a person who contracts with the office to perform a service or an employee of that person; or (3) related within the first degree by consanguinity or affinity to an individual described by Subdivision (1) or (2). (b) Personal identifying information that is privileged under this section may be discovered by an individual who is imprisoned or confined in a correctional facility or civilly committed as a sexually violent predator under Chapter 841 , Health and Safety Code, only if: (1) the incarcerated individual or committed person shows good cause to the court for the discovery of the information; and (2) the court renders an order that authorizes discovery of the information. (c) In this section, "correctional facility" has the meaning assigned by Section 1.07 (a), Penal Code. (d) Repealed by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 7 (H.B. 16 ), Sec. 12.10(7), eff. December 4, 2025. Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 302, Sec. 2, eff. June 5, 1995. Renumbered from Civil Practice and Remedies Code Sec. 30.07 by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 31.01(6), eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by: Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 34 (S.B. 1576 ), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 34 (S.B. 1576 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 7 (H.B. 16 ), Sec. 12.10(7), eff. December 4, 2025.
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