Sec. 85.007.  CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN INFORMATION.
(a)  On request by a person protected by an order or member of the family or household of a person protected by an order, the court may exclude from a protective order:
(1)  the address, county of residence, and telephone number of a person protected by the order; or
(2)  the address and telephone number of:
(A)  the place of employment or business of a person protected by the order; or
(B)  the child-care facility or school a child protected by the order attends or in which the child resides.
(b)  On granting a request for confidentiality under this section, the court shall order the clerk to:
(1)  strike the information described by Subsection (a) from the public records of the court; and
(2)  maintain a confidential record of the information for use only by:
(A)  the court; or
(B)  a law enforcement agency for purposes of entering the information required by Section 411.042(b)(6), Government Code, into the statewide law enforcement information system maintained by the Department of Public Safety.
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 34, Sec. 1, eff. May 5, 1997.  Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 91, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by: 
Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 422 (S.B. 1242), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2017.
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 146 (S.B. 578), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2023.