Texas Penal Code

§ 38.111 — IMPROPER CONTACT WITH VICTIM

PE § 38.111Title 8. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 38. OBSTRUCTING GOVERNMENTAL OPERATION

Statute text

(a)A person commits an offense if the person, while confined in a correctional facility after being charged with or convicted of an offense under Section 42.072 or listed in Article 62.001(5), Code of Criminal Procedure, contacts by letter, telephone, or any other means, either directly or through a third party, a victim of the offense or a member of the victim's family, if the director of the correctional facility has not, before the person makes contact with the victim:

(1)received written and dated consent to the contact from:

(A)the victim, if the victim was 17 years of age or older at the time of the commission of the offense for which the person is confined; or

(B)if the victim was younger than 17 years of age at the time of the commission of the offense for which the person is confined:

(i)a parent of the victim;

(ii)a legal guardian of the victim;

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Legislative history

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1008 (H.B. 867), Sec. 2.11, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 908 (H.B. 2884), Sec. 41, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1066 (H.B. 1343), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 793 (S.B. 1021), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2025.