Terms Used In Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 42.016

  • Conviction: A judgement of guilt against a criminal defendant.
  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Written: includes any representation of words, letters, symbols, or figures. See Texas Government Code 311.005

If a person is convicted of, receives a grant of deferred adjudication for, or is adjudicated as having engaged in delinquent conduct based on a violation of an offense for which a conviction or adjudication requires registration as a sex offender under Chapter 62, the court shall:
(1) issue an order requiring the Texas Department of Public Safety to include in any driver’s license record or personal identification certificate record maintained by the department for the person:
(A) an indication that the person is subject to the registration requirements of Chapter 62; and
(B) if applicable, an indication that the person is subject to registration because the person was convicted of an offense involving human trafficking under Chapter 20A, Penal Code;
(2) require the person to apply to the Texas Department of Public Safety in person for an original or renewal driver’s license or personal identification certificate not later than the 30th day after the date the person is released or the date the department sends written notice to the person of the requirements of Article 62.060, as applicable, and to annually renew the license or certificate;
(3) notify the person of the consequence of the conviction or order of deferred adjudication as it relates to the order issued under this article; and
(4) send to the Texas Department of Public Safety a copy of the record of conviction, a copy of the order granting deferred adjudication, or a copy of the juvenile adjudication, as applicable, and a copy of the order issued under this article.