Texas

Texas Code of Criminal Procedure

2,254 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 5B.002 — ORDER TO RETURN TO FOREIGN NATION
• § 5B.003 — ABATEMENT OF PROSECUTION ON BASIS OF IMMIGRATION STATUS DETERMINATION PROHIBITED
• § 5C.001 — INFORMATION TO BE INCLUDED IN JUDGMENT OR ORDER
• § 5C.002 — JUDGMENT OR ORDER TO BE FILED WITH COUNTY CLERK
• § 5C.003 — EFFECT OF NONCOMPLIANCE
• § 6.01 — WHEN MAGISTRATE HEARS THREAT
• § 6.02 — THREAT TO TAKE LIFE
• § 6.03 — ON ATTEMPT TO INJURE
• § 6.04 — MAY COMPEL OFFENDER TO GIVE SECURITY
• § 6.05 — DUTY OF PEACE OFFICER AS TO THREATS
• § 6.06 — PEACE OFFICER TO PREVENT INJURY
• § 6.07 — CONDUCT OF PEACE OFFICER
• § 6.10 — EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS CONCERNING CERTAIN OFFENSES COMMITTED BY MINORS; MANDATORY COURT ATTENDANCE
• § 62.001 — DEFINITIONS
• § 62.002 — APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER
• § 62.003 — DETERMINATION REGARDING SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR ELEMENTS OF OFFENSE
• § 62.004 — DETERMINATION REGARDING PRIMARY REGISTRATION AUTHORITY
• § 62.0045 — CENTRALIZED REGISTRATION AUTHORITY
• § 62.005 — CENTRAL DATABASE; PUBLIC INFORMATION
• § 62.006 — INFORMATION PROVIDED TO PEACE OFFICER ON REQUEST
• § 62.0061 — REQUEST FOR ONLINE IDENTIFIERS BY SOCIAL NETWORKING SITES
• § 62.007 — RISK ASSESSMENT REVIEW COMMITTEE; SEX OFFENDER SCREENING TOOL
• § 62.008 — GENERAL IMMUNITY
• § 62.009 — IMMUNITY FOR RELEASE OF PUBLIC INFORMATION
• § 62.010 — RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
• § 62.051 — REGISTRATION: GENERAL
• § 62.052 — REGISTRATION: EXTRAJURISDICTIONAL REGISTRANTS
• § 62.053 — PRERELEASE NOTIFICATION
• § 62.054 — CIRCUMSTANCES REQUIRING NOTICE TO SUPERINTENDENT OR SCHOOL ADMINISTRATOR
• § 62.055 — CHANGE OF ADDRESS; LACK OF ADDRESS
• § 62.0551 — CHANGE IN ONLINE IDENTIFIERS
• § 62.056 — ADDITIONAL PUBLIC NOTICE FOR CERTAIN OFFENDERS
• § 62.057 — STATUS REPORT BY SUPERVISING OFFICER OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY
• § 62.058 — LAW ENFORCEMENT VERIFICATION OF REGISTRATION INFORMATION
• § 62.059 — REGISTRATION OF PERSONS REGULARLY VISITING LOCATION
• § 62.060 — REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSE OR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE
• § 62.061 — DNA SPECIMEN
• § 62.062 — LIMITATION ON NEWSPAPER PUBLICATION
• § 62.063 — PROHIBITED EMPLOYMENT
• § 62.064 — PROHIBITED LOCATION OF RESIDENCE
• § 62.065 — ENTRY ONTO SCHOOL PREMISES; NOTICE REQUIRED
• § 62.101 — EXPIRATION OF DUTY TO REGISTER
• § 62.102 — FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
• § 62.151 — DEFINITIONS
• § 62.152 — REGISTRATION OF CERTAIN WORKERS OR STUDENTS
• § 62.153 — REGISTRATION OF WORKERS OR STUDENTS AT INSTITUTIONS OF HIGHER EDUCATION
• § 62.201 — ADDITIONAL PUBLIC NOTICE FOR INDIVIDUALS SUBJECT TO CIVIL COMMITMENT
• § 62.202 — VERIFICATION OF INDIVIDUALS SUBJECT TO COMMITMENT
• § 62.2021 — REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSE OR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE: INDIVIDUALS RESIDING AT CIVIL COMMITMENT CENTER
• § 62.203 — FAILURE TO COMPLY: INDIVIDUALS SUBJECT TO COMMITMENT
• § 62.251 — REMOVING REGISTRATION INFORMATION WHEN DUTY TO REGISTER EXPIRES
• § 62.301 — EXEMPTION FROM REGISTRATION FOR CERTAIN YOUNG ADULT SEX OFFENDERS
• § 62.351 — MOTION AND HEARING GENERALLY
• § 62.352 — ORDER GENERALLY
• § 62.353 — MOTION, HEARING, AND ORDER CONCERNING PERSON ALREADY REGISTERED
• § 62.354 — MOTION, HEARING, AND ORDER CONCERNING PERSON REQUIRED TO REGISTER BECAUSE OF OUT-OF-STATE ADJUDICATION
• § 62.355 — WAIVER OF HEARING
• § 62.356 — EFFECT OF CERTAIN ORDERS
• § 62.357 — APPEAL OF CERTAIN ORDERS
• § 62.401 — DEFINITION
• § 62.402 — DETERMINATION OF MINIMUM REQUIRED REGISTRATION PERIOD
• § 62.403 — INDIVIDUAL RISK ASSESSMENT
• § 62.404 — MOTION FOR EARLY TERMINATION
• § 62.405 — HEARING ON PETITION
• § 62.406 — COSTS OF INDIVIDUAL RISK ASSESSMENT AND OF COURT
• § 62.407 — EFFECT OF ORDER GRANTING EARLY TERMINATION
• § 62.408 — NONAPPLICABILITY
• § 63.001 — DEFINITIONS
• § 63.0015 — PRESUMPTION REGARDING PARENTAGE
• § 63.0016 — ATTEMPTED CHILD ABDUCTION BY RELATIVE
• § 63.002 — MISSING CHILDREN AND MISSING PERSONS INFORMATION CLEARINGHOUSE
• § 63.003 — FUNCTION OF CLEARINGHOUSE
• § 63.004 — REPORT FORMS
• § 63.0041 — REPORTING OF ATTEMPTED CHILD ABDUCTION
• § 63.005 — DISTRIBUTION OF INFORMATION
• § 63.006 — RELEASE OF DENTAL RECORDS
• § 63.007 — RELEASE OF MEDICAL RECORDS
• § 63.008 — MISSING CHILDREN PROGRAM
• § 63.009 — LAW ENFORCEMENT REQUIREMENTS GENERALLY
• § 63.00905 — LAW ENFORCEMENT REQUIREMENTS FOR REPORT OF MISSING CHILD
• § 63.0091 — LAW ENFORCEMENT REQUIREMENTS REGARDING REPORTS OF CERTAIN MISSING CHILDREN
• § 63.010 — ATTORNEY GENERAL TO REQUIRE COMPLIANCE
• § 63.011 — MISSING CHILDREN INVESTIGATIONS
• § 63.012 — REPORT OF INQUIRY
• § 63.013 — INFORMATION TO CLEARINGHOUSE
• § 63.014 — CROSS-CHECKING AND MATCHING
• § 63.015 — AVAILABILITY OF INFORMATION THROUGH OTHER AGENCIES
• § 63.016 — DONATIONS
• § 63.017 — CONFIDENTIALITY OF CERTAIN RECORDS
• § 63.018 — DEATH CERTIFICATES
• § 63.019 — SCHOOL RECORDS SYSTEM
• § 63.020 — DUTY OF SCHOOLS AND OTHER ENTITIES TO FLAG MISSING CHILDREN'S RECORDS
• § 63.021 — SYSTEM FOR FLAGGING RECORDS
• § 63.022 — REMOVAL OF FLAG FROM RECORDS
• § 63.051 — DEFINITIONS
• § 63.0515 — CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCY
• § 63.052 — ESTABLISHMENT OF DNA DATABASE FOR MISSING OR UNIDENTIFIED PERSONS
• § 63.053 — INFORMATION STORED IN DATABASE
• § 63.054 — COMPARISON OF SAMPLES
• § 63.055 — STANDARDS COLLECTION; STORAGE
• § 63.056 — COLLECTION OF SAMPLES FROM UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN REMAINS.Text of subsection effective until April 01, 2027 (a) A physician acting on the request of a justice of the peace under Subchapter A, Chapter 49, a county coroner, a county medical examiner, or other law enforcement entity, as appropriate, shall
• § 63.057 — DUTY OF LAW ENFORCEMENT AGENCY TO NOTIFY APPROPRIATE PERSONS REGARDING PROVISION OF VOLUNTARY SAMPLE
• § 63.058 — RELEASE FORM
• § 63.059 — PROTOCOL FOR OBTAINING SAMPLES RELATING TO HIGH-RISK MISSING PERSONS
• § 63.060 — SUBMISSION OF SAMPLE TO CENTER
• § 63.061 — DESTRUCTION OF SAMPLES
• § 63.062 — CONFIDENTIALITY
• § 63.063 — CRIMINAL PENALTY
• § 63.064 — CIVIL PENALTY
• § 63.065 — MISSING PERSONS DNA DATABASE FUND
• § 63.066 — BACKLOG OF UNIDENTIFIED HUMAN REMAINS: ADVISORY COMMITTEE AND OUTSOURCING
• § 64.01 — MOTION
• § 64.011 — GUARDIANS AND OTHER REPRESENTATIVES
• § 64.02 — NOTICE TO STATE; RESPONSE
• § 64.03 — REQUIREMENTS; TESTING
• § 64.035 — UNIDENTIFIED DNA PROFILES
• § 64.04 — FINDING
• § 64.05 — APPEALS
• § 65.001 — DEFINITIONS
• § 65.002 — APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER
• § 65.003 — DETERMINATION REGARDING SUBSTANTIALLY SIMILAR ELEMENTS OF OFFENSE
• § 65.004 — DETERMINATION REGARDING PRIMARY REGISTRATION AUTHORITY
• § 65.005 — CENTRALIZED REGISTRATION AUTHORITY
• § 65.006 — CENTRAL DATABASE
• § 65.007 — INFORMATION PROVIDED ON REQUEST OF LAW ENFORCEMENT PERSONNEL OR PROSECUTOR; ALERT
• § 65.008 — GENERAL IMMUNITY
• § 65.009 — RULEMAKING AUTHORITY
• § 65.051 — REGISTRATION: GENERAL
• § 65.052 — REGISTRATION: EXTRAJURISDICTIONAL REGISTRANTS
• § 65.053 — PRERELEASE NOTIFICATION
• § 65.054 — CHANGE OF ADDRESS; LACK OF ADDRESS
• § 65.055 — STATUS REPORT BY SUPERVISING OFFICER OR LOCAL LAW ENFORCEMENT AUTHORITY
• § 65.056 — LAW ENFORCEMENT VERIFICATION OF REGISTRATION INFORMATION
• § 65.057 — REGISTRATION OF PERSONS REGULARLY VISITING LOCATION
• § 65.058 — REQUIREMENTS RELATING TO DRIVER'S LICENSE OR PERSONAL IDENTIFICATION CERTIFICATE
• § 65.059 — DNA SPECIMEN
• § 65.060 — PROHIBITED LOCATION OF RESIDENCE
• § 65.101 — EXPIRATION OF DUTY TO REGISTER
• § 65.102 — FAILURE TO COMPLY WITH REGISTRATION REQUIREMENTS
• § 65.151 — REMOVING REGISTRATION INFORMATION WHEN DUTY TO REGISTER EXPIRES
• § 66.001 — DEFINITIONS
• § 66.051 — PURPOSE AND FUNCTIONS
• § 66.052 — IMPLEMENTATION AND OPERATION OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM
• § 66.053 — INFORMATION COLLECTED
• § 66.054 — FINGERPRINT AND ARREST INFORMATION IN CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM
• § 66.101 — COMPUTERIZED CRIMINAL HISTORY SYSTEM DATABASE
• § 66.102 — INFORMATION CONTAINED IN COMPUTERIZED CRIMINAL HISTORY SYSTEM
• § 66.103 — DUTIES OF TEXAS DEPARTMENT OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE REGARDING CRIMINAL JUSTICE INFORMATION SYSTEM
• § 66.104 — DUTIES OF LICENSING AGENCIES TO PROVIDE INFORMATION REGARDING LICENSE HOLDERS
• § 66.105 — INFORMATION RELATED TO MISUSED IDENTITY
• § 66.106 — INFORMATION RELATED TO NON-FINGERPRINT SUPPORTED ACTIONS
• § 66.151 — CORRECTIONS TRACKING SYSTEM DATABASE
• § 66.152 — INFORMATION CONTAINED IN CORRECTIONS TRACKING SYSTEM
• § 66.201 — ACCESS TO DATABASES BY CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES AND OTHER ENTITIES
• § 66.202 — REQUEST FOR DATA FILE FROM DATABASES
• § 66.203 — PUBLIC DISCLOSURE OF DATA PROHIBITED
• § 66.251 — UNIFORM INCIDENT FINGERPRINT CARD
• § 66.252 — REPORTING OF INFORMATION BY LOCAL ENTITIES
• § 66.253 — COMPATIBILITY OF DATA
• § 66.254 — ELECTRONIC REPORTING OF INFORMATION
• § 66.255 — INFORMATION ON SUBSEQUENT ARRESTS
• § 66.301 — DUTIES OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE AGENCIES
• § 66.302 — PUBLIC DISCLOSURE NOT AUTHORIZED
• § 66.303 — PROHIBITED ACTS
• § 66.304 — APPLICABILITY TO DISTRICT COURT AND COUNTY COURT CLERKS
• § 66.351 — BIENNIAL PLANS
• § 66.352 — EXAMINATION OF RECORDS AND OPERATIONS
• § 66.353 — MONITORING AND REPORTING DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT OF PUBLIC SAFETY
• § 66.354 — LOCAL DATA ADVISORY BOARDS
• § 66.401 — GRANTS FOR CRIMINAL JUSTICE PROGRAMS
• § 66.402 — CERTIFICATION REQUIRED
• § 67.001 — DEFINITIONS
• § 67.051 — INTELLIGENCE DATABASES REQUIRED
• § 67.052 — DEPARTMENT INTELLIGENCE DATABASE
• § 67.053 — INTELLIGENCE DATABASE USER TRAINING; RULES
• § 67.054 — SUBMISSION CRITERIA
• § 67.101 — RELEASE AND USE OF INFORMATION
• § 67.102 — CRIMINAL INFORMATION RELATING TO CHILD
• § 67.103 — UNAUTHORIZED RELEASE OR USE OF CRIMINAL INFORMATION; PENALTY
• § 67.151 — REMOVAL OF INFORMATION RELATING TO INDIVIDUAL OTHER THAN CHILD
• § 67.152 — REMOVAL OF INFORMATION RELATING TO CHILD
• § 67.201 — RIGHT TO REQUEST EXISTENCE OF CRIMINAL INFORMATION
• § 67.202 — RIGHT TO REQUEST REVIEW OF CRIMINAL INFORMATION
• § 67.203 — JUDICIAL REVIEW
• § 67.251 — ESTABLISHMENT OF GANG RESOURCE SYSTEM
• § 67.252 — INFORMATION INCLUDED IN GANG RESOURCE SYSTEM
• § 67.253 — INCLUSION OF CERTAIN INFORMATION PROHIBITED
• § 67.254 — COLLECTION OF INFORMATION
• § 67.255 — USE OF INFORMATION
• § 67.256 — ACCESS TO INFORMATION
• § 67.301 — DEFINITION
• § 67.302 — PURPOSE
• § 67.303 — TASK FORCE MEMBERS
• § 67.304 — DUTIES OF TASK FORCE
• § 67.305 — DUTIES OF DEPARTMENT REGARDING TASK FORCE
• § 7.01 — SHALL ISSUE WARRANT
• § 7.02 — APPEARANCE BOND PENDING PEACE BOND HEARING
• § 7.03 — ACCUSED BROUGHT BEFORE MAGISTRATE
• § 7.04 — FORM OF PEACE BOND
• § 7.05 — OATH OF SURETY; BOND FILED