Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
§ 62.051 — REGISTRATION: GENERAL
CR § 62.051Title 1. CODE OF CRIMINAL PROCEDURE · Ch. 62. SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION PROGRAM · Art. B. REGISTRATION AND VERIFICATION
Statute text
View on source(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 Juvenile Justice Department, the Texas Civil Commitment Office, 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, date of birth, sex, race, height, weight, eye color, hair color, social security number, driver's license number, and shoe size; (1-a) the address at which the person resides or intends to reside or, if the person does not reside or intend to reside at a physical address, a detailed description of each geographical location at which the person resides or intends to reside; (1-b) each alias used by the person and any home, work, or cellular telephone number of the person;
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Legislative history
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 661 (H.B. 2153), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 755 (S.B. 689), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 91 (S.B. 1303), Sec. 6.005, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 734 (H.B. 1549), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 685 (H.B. 29), Sec. 17, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 351 (S.B. 1179), Sec. 9, eff. September 1, 2023.