Texas · Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 18.065: EXECUTION OF WARRANT ISSUED BY DISTRICT JUDGE FOR DNA SPECIMEN.(a) A warrant issued by the judge of a district court und
What this law says, in plain English
A district court judge may issue a warrant to collect DNA from a person to connect them to an offense, executable in any county. The statute does not apply to warrants from justices of the peace or other magistrates.
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