Sec. 58.260. INSPECTION AND RELEASE OF SEALED RECORDS. (a) A juvenile court may allow, by order, the inspection of records sealed under this subchapter or under Section 58.003, as that law existed before September 1, 2017, only by: (1) a person named in the order, on the petition of the person who is the subject of the records; (2) a prosecutor, on the petition of the prosecutor, for the purpose of reviewing the records for possible use: (A) in a capital prosecution; or (B) for the enhancement of punishment under Section 12.42 , Penal Code; or (3) a court, the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, or the Texas Juvenile Justice Department for the purposes of Article 62.007 (e), Code of Criminal Procedure. (b) After a petitioner inspects records under this section, the court may order the release of any or all of the records to the petitioner on the motion of the petitioner.
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