Sex Offender Registration
Janet Spradlin
Texas Department of Public Safety
Sex Offender Registration Bureau
Topics
Chapter 62
Texas Code of Criminal Procedure
&
New Laws
from the
2013 Legislation Session
Sex Offender Registration Program
Phone Numbers
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SOR main assistance line (Public Inquiries) – (512) 424-2800
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E-mail address – txsor@dps.texas.gov
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Secured website link – https://secure.txdps.state.tx.us
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Intelligence and Counterterrorism Division (ICT) – (512) 424-2200
(Compliance and enforcement related issues)
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CODIS DNA Program – (512) 424-2790
(Combined DNA Index Program) Collection kits
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Driver License / Identification Card Issues
(Revocation / Issuance) - (512) 424-2600
Texas started registering Sex
Offenders in
1991
As of
March, 2014
80,532
reported active registered
sex offenders
Chapter 62 Texas Code of
Criminal Procedure
TDCJ/TJJD/CSCD/COURTS
CR-32/CR32PE
CR-35/OS/IS
Registration
CR-36
PHOTO
CR-35/OS/IS
verification
POLICE DEPT /
SHERIFF’S
OFFICE
Department of Public Safety
TCIC/NCIC
Secure/Public
Websites
National Sex
Offender Public
Website
Registering with a
Texas
Conviction or Adjudication
*Including Deferred Adjudications and
Adjudications of Delinquent Conduct*
Who is required to register?
Anyone who has been convicted or adjudicated
on or after
September 1st 1970
for a reportable sex offense has a duty to register either:
Post 10 Years
or
Lifetime
OR
Out of State, County, Federal, Military or Tribal
convictions convictions w/substantially similar
elements.
Board/Court Ordered
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Board/Court Ordered offenders are
offenders who are required to register as
a condition of supervision, not for a
reportable sex offense.
Their duty to register ends when they are
discharged from supervision.
Verification Requirements
(How Often)
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30 Day – Civilly committed as a sexually violent predator
(3 days)
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90 Day – Two or more convictions or deferred
adjudications for a sexually violent offense
(7 days)
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Annual – All other sex offenders, board/court ordered
and juveniles (30 days before/after birthday)
Information Required
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Physical addresses primary and supplemental
E-mail addresses
Online identifiers
DL/ID numbers
Telephone numbers
Vehicles
Occupational License and Licensing number
Employment information
Institution of Higher Education
(worker/volunteer or student)
Name of nearest relative
Photo
When offenders are required to
report changes
Change of address:
* 7 days prior in person.
* Check in with new agency in person
within 7 days of move.
 All other reportable changes, the offender
has up to 7 days to report the changes to
their verifying agency in person.
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Risk Levels
Any offender released from a Texas
penal institution or placed on supervision
on or after January 1st 2000 and is
required to register as a sex offender will
be assigned a risk level.
Risk Levels
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Civil Commitment (299) – 24 hour monitoring and
committed for outpatient treatment.
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High (Level 3) (6,830) – poses a serious danger
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Moderate (Level 2) (30,583) – poses a moderate danger
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Low (Level 1) (19,286) – poses a low danger
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Not reported - (20,182)
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Unknown – (1,857)
Driver License or Identification
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The offender must have been under some type of
Texas supervision or released from a penal
institution on or after September 1st 2000 for their
reportable conviction or adjudication of sex offense.
Includes out of state, country, federal, military, and
tribal offenders whose offense is determined to be
substantially similar to a Texas offense.
Board/Court ordered, extra-jurisdictional are
exempt.
New Laws
House Bill 2825
(Amends CCP 62.0045)
A Central SOR Authority
in a County:
The requirement of
the 100,000 population
has been removed.
Senate Bill 369
An addition to CCP 62.005 (b) (2)
Makes Employer Information
Non-Public
 Name
 Address
 Telephone
Number
House Bill 424
Addition of Chapter 325
Health and Safety Code
Requires the Director of group homes to
provide notice to the residents of the
home or their legal guardians when a
sex offender moves in.
House Bill 1302
Addition to CCP 42.015(b),
62.054(a)(1), and 62.063
Prohibited Employment
May not - for compensation:
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Operate or offer to operate a bus
Provide or offer to provide a passenger taxicab or
limousine transportation service
Provide or offer to provide any type of service in
the residence of another person unless the
provision of service will be supervised; or
Operate or offer to operate any amusement ride
CR-32PE
Prohibited Employment
Notification Form