Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 62.051. Registration: General
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Art. 62.051. REGISTRATION: GENERAL. (a) A person who has a
reportable conviction or adjudication or who is required to
register as a condition of parole, release to mandatory
supervision, or community supervision shall register or, if the
person is a person for whom registration is completed under this
chapter, verify registration as provided by Subsection (f), with
the local law enforcement authority in any municipality where the
person resides or intends to reside for more than seven days. If
the person does not reside or intend to reside in a municipality,
the person shall register or verify registration in any county
where the person resides or intends to reside for more than seven
days. The person shall satisfy the requirements of this subsection
not later than the later of:
(1) the seventh day after the person's arrival in the
municipality or county; or
(2) the first date the local law enforcement authority of
the municipality or county by policy allows the person to register
or verify registration, as applicable.
(b) The department shall provide the Texas Department of
Criminal Justice, the Texas Youth Commission, the Texas Juvenile
Probation Commission, and each local law enforcement authority,
authority for campus security, county jail, and court with a form
for registering persons required by this chapter to register.
(c) The registration form shall require:
(1) the person's full name, each alias, date of birth, sex,
race, height, weight, eye color, hair color, social security
number, driver's license number, shoe size, and home address;
(2) a recent color photograph or, if possible, an electronic
digital image of the person and a complete set of the person's
fingerprints;
(3) the type of offense the person was convicted of, the age
of the victim, the date of conviction, and the punishment received;
(4) an indication as to whether the person is discharged,
paroled, or released on juvenile probation, community supervision,
or mandatory supervision;
(5) an indication of each license, as defined by Article
62.005(g), that is held or sought by the person;
(6) an indication as to whether the person is or will be
employed, carrying on a vocation, or a student at a particular
public or private institution of higher education in this state or
another state, and the name and address of that institution; and
(7) any other information required by the department.
(d) The registration form must contain a statement and
description of any registration duties the person has or may have
under this chapter.
(e) Not later than the third day after a person's
registering, the local law enforcement authority with whom the
person registered shall send a copy of the registration form to the
department and, if the person resides on the campus of a public or
private institution of higher education, to any authority for
campus security for that institution.
(f) A person for whom registration is completed under this
chapter shall report to the applicable local law enforcement
authority to verify the information in the registration form
received by the authority under this chapter. The authority shall
require the person to produce proof of the person's identity and
residence before the authority gives the registration form to the
person for verification. If the information in the registration
form is complete and accurate, the person shall verify registration
by signing the form. If the information is not complete or not
accurate, the person shall make any necessary additions or
corrections before signing the form.
(g) A person who is required to register or verify
registration under this chapter shall ensure that the person's
registration form is complete and accurate with respect to each
item of information required by the form in accordance with
Subsection (c).
(h) If a person subject to registration under this chapter
does not move to an intended residence by the end of the seventh day
after the date on which the person is released or the date on which
the person leaves a previous residence, the person shall:
(1) report to the juvenile probation officer, community
supervision and corrections department officer, or parole officer
supervising the person by not later than the seventh day after the
date on which the person is released or the date on which the person
leaves a previous residence, as applicable, and provide the officer
with the address of the person's temporary residence; and
(2) continue to report to the person's supervising officer
not less than weekly during any period of time in which the person
has not moved to an intended residence and provide the officer with
the address of the person's temporary residence.
(i) If the other state has a registration requirement for
sex offenders, a person who has a reportable conviction or
adjudication, who resides in this state, and who is employed,
carries on a vocation, or is a student in another state shall, not
later than the 10th day after the date on which the person begins to
work or attend school in the other state, register with the law
enforcement authority that is identified by the department as the
authority designated by that state to receive registration
information. If the person is employed, carries on a vocation, or
is a student at a public or private institution of higher education
in the other state and if an authority for campus security exists at
the institution, the person shall also register with that authority
not later than the 10th day after the date on which the person
begins to work or attend school.
Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 572, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 258, Sec. 2, eff. Sept. 1,
1995; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 676, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Redesignated from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. art. 6252-13c.1, Sec. 2 and
amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 668, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1,
1997. Subsec. (a) amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 444, Sec. 1,
eff. Sept. 1, 1999; amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1415, Sec.
10, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Subsec.(g) added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg.,
ch. 1193, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg.,
ch. 1415, Sec. 10, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Subsec. (b) amended by Acts
2001, 77th Leg., ch. 932, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Subsecs. (b),
(c), and (g) amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 347, Sec. 4, eff.
Sept. 1, 2003; Subsec. (b) amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch.
1276, Sec. 5.003(b), eff. Sept. 1, 2003. Redesignated from
Vernon's Ann.C.C.P. art. 62.02 and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg.,
ch. 1008, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.
Article: 62.004 62.005 62.006 62.007 62.008 62.009 62.010 62.051 62.052 62.053 62.054 62.055 62.056 62.057 62.058
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