Title 5 › Chapter 162 › Subchapter E

Texas Family Code § 162.419

Registry Records Confidential

Adoption · Voluntary Adoption Registries

(a) All applications, registrations, records, and other information submitted to, obtained by, or otherwise acquired by a registry are confidential and may not be disclosed to any person or entity except in the manner authorized by this subchapter.

(b) Information acquired by a registry may not be disclosed under freedom of information or sunshine legislation, rules, or practice.

(c) A person may not file or prosecute a class action litigation to force a registry to disclose identifying information.

Official text of the Texas Family Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 20, Sec. 1, eff. April 20, 1995.