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Subchapter A. General Provisions
Article 62.001. Definitions - (1) "Department" means the Department of Public Safety. (2) "Local...
Article 62.002. Applicability of Chapter - (b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the duties imposed...
Article 62.003. Determination Regarding Substantially Similar Elements of Offense - (b) The department annually shall provide or make available to...
Article 62.004. Determination Regarding Primary Registration Authority - (a-1) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, if a...
Article 62.0045. Centralized Registration Authority - (b) Notwithstanding any other provision of this chapter, a person...
Article 62.005. Central Database; Public Information - (b) The information contained in the database, including the numeric...
Article 62.006. Information Provided to Peace Officer on Request - Reenacted and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008...
Article 62.0061. Request for Online Identifiers by Social Networking Sites - (1) all public information that is contained in the database...
Article 62.007. Risk Assessment Review Committee; Sex Offender Screening Tool - (1) one member having experience in law enforcement; (2) one...
Article 62.008. General Immunity - (1) an employee or officer of the Texas Department of...
Article 62.009. Immunity for Release of Public Information - (b) An individual, agency, entity, or authority is not liable...
Article 62.010. Rulemaking Authority - Reenacted and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008...
Subchapter B. Registration and Verification
Article 62.051. Registration: General - (1) the seventh day after the person's arrival in the...
Article 62.052. Registration: Extrajurisdictional Registrants - (b) The duty to register for an extrajurisdictional registrant expires...
Article 62.053. Prerelease Notification - (1) inform the person that: (A) not later than the...
Article 62.054. Circumstances Requiring Notice to Superintendent or School Administrator - (1) the victim was at the time of the offense...
Article 62.055. Change of Address; Lack of Address - (b) Not later than the third day after receipt of...
Article 62.0551. Change in Online Identifiers - (b) A primary registration authority that receives information under this...
Article 62.056. Additional Public Notice for Certain Offenders - (b) The department shall provide the notice in English and...
Article 62.057. Status Report by Supervising Officer or Local Law Enforcement Authority - (1) becomes employed, begins to carry on a vocation, or...
Article 62.058. Law Enforcement Verification of Registration Information - (b) A local law enforcement authority designated as a person's...
Article 62.059. Registration of Persons Regularly Visiting Location - (1) the local law enforcement authority of the municipality in...
Article 62.060. Requirements Relating to Driver's License or Personal Identification Certificate - (1) the person is released from a penal institution or...
Article 62.061. DNA Specimen - Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 444, Sec. 5(b);...
Article 62.062. Limitation on Newspaper Publication - (b) This article does not apply to a publication of...
Article 62.063. Prohibited Employment - (1) "Amusement ride" has the meaning assigned by Section 2151.002,...
Article 62.064. Prohibited Location of Residence - (1) the person is assigned a numeric risk level of...
Article 62.065. Entry Onto School Premises; Notice Required - (1) "Premises" means a building or portion of a building...
Subchapter C. Expiration of Duty to Register; General
Article 62.101. Expiration of Duty to Register - (1) a sexually violent offense; (2) an offense under Section...
Article 62.102. Failure to Comply With Registration Requirements - (b) An offense under this article is: (1) a state...
Subchapter D. Provisions Applicable to Certain
Article 62.151. Definitions - (1) is employed or carries on a vocation if the...
Article 62.152. Registration of Certain Workers or Students - (1) has a reportable conviction or adjudication; (2) resides in...
Article 62.153. Registration of Workers or Students at Institutions of Higher Education - (1) the authority for campus security for that institution; or...
Subchapter E. Provisions Applicable to Persons Subject to Civil Commitment
Article 62.201. Additional Public Notice for Individuals Subject to Civil Commitment - (b) The department shall provide the notice in English and...
Article 62.202. Verification of Individuals Subject to Commitment - (1) if the person resides at a civil commitment center,...
Article 62.2021. Requirements Relating to Driver's License or Personal Identification Certificate: Individuals Residing at Civil Commitment Center - (b) On the date that a person described by Subsection...
Article 62.203. Failure to Comply: Individuals Subject to Commitment - (b) An offense under this article is a felony of...
Subchapter F. Removal of Registration Information
Article 62.251. Removing Registration Information When Duty to Register Expires - (b) The duty to remove information under Subsection (a) arises...
Subchapter G. Exemption From Registration For
Article 62.301. Exemption From Registration for Certain Young Adult Sex Offenders - (b) A person is eligible to petition the court as...
Subchapter H. Exemptions From Registration for Certain Juveniles
Article 62.351. Motion and Hearing Generally - (b) The hearing is without a jury and the burden...
Article 62.352. Order Generally - (1) that the protection of the public would not be...
Article 62.353. Motion, Hearing, and Order Concerning Person Already Registered - (1) exemption from registration under this chapter as provided by...
Article 62.354. Motion, Hearing, and Order Concerning Person Required to Register Because of Out-of-State Adjudication - (b) If the person is already registered as a sex...
Article 62.355. Waiver of Hearing - (b) If the waiver is entered under a plea agreement,...
Article 62.356. Effect of Certain Orders - (b) If the juvenile court enters an order exempting a...
Article 62.357. Appeal of Certain Orders - (b) A respondent may under Section 56.01, Family Code, appeal...
Subchapter I. Early Termination of Certain Persons'
Article 62.401. Definition - Reenacted and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008...
Article 62.402. Determination of Minimum Required Registration Period - (b) After determining the minimum required registration period for each...
Article 62.403. Individual Risk Assessment - (1) evaluates the criminal history of a person required to...
Article 62.404. Motion for Early Termination - (b) A motion filed under this article must be accompanied...
Article 62.405. Hearing on Petition - (1) deny without a hearing the movant's request for early...
Article 62.406. Costs of Individual Risk Assessment and of Court - Reenacted and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008...
Article 62.407. Effect of Order Granting Early Termination - (1) the date the court enters the order of early...
Article 62.408. Nonapplicability - Reenacted and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008...