Texas Code of Criminal Procedure - Article 62.102. Failure To Comply With Registration Requirements

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Art. 62.102. FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH REGISTRATION 
REQUIREMENTS.  (a) A person commits an offense if the person is 
required to register and fails to comply with any requirement of 
this chapter.
	(b)  An offense under this article is:                                         
	(1)  a state jail felony if the actor is a person whose duty 
to register expires under Article 62.101(b) or (c);
	(2)  a felony of the third degree if the actor is a person 
whose duty to register expires under Article 62.101(a) and who is 
required to verify registration once each year under Article 
62.058;  and
	(3)  a felony of the second degree if the actor is a person 
whose duty to register expires under Article 62.101(a) and who is 
required to verify registration once each 90-day period under 
Article 62.058.
	(c)  If it is shown at the trial of a person for an offense or 
an attempt to commit an offense under this article that the person 
has previously been convicted of an offense or an attempt to commit 
an offense under this article, the punishment for the offense or the 
attempt to commit the offense is increased to the punishment for the 
next highest degree of felony.

Added by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 572, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.  
Redesignated from Vernon's Ann.Civ.St. art. 6252-13c.1, Sec. 7 and 
amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 668, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 
1997.  Subsec. (b) amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 444, Sec. 9, 
eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1415, Sec. 
18, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  Subsec. (c) amended by Acts 1999, 76th 
Leg., ch. 444, Sec. 9, eff. Sept. 1, 1999;  amended by Acts 1999, 
76th Leg., ch. 1415, Sec. 18, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.  Redesignated from 
Vernon's Ann.C.C.P. art. 62.10 and amended by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., 
ch. 1008, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 2005.

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