Texas statute
Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 56A.503 — Notification of release or escape
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 56A: RIGHTS OF CRIME VICTIMS, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
Full text of Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 56A.503
Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.
(a) The department or sheriff, whichever has custody of a defendant in the case of a felony, or the sheriff in the case of a misdemeanor, shall notify a victim of the offense or a witness who testified against the defendant at the trial for the offense, other than a witness who testified in the course and scope of the witness's official or professional duties, when a defendant convicted of an offense described by Article 56A.502 : (1) completes the defendant's sentence and is released; or (2) escapes from a correctional facility. (b) If the department is required by Subsection (a) to give notice to a victim or witness, the department shall also give notice to local law enforcement officials in the county in which the victim or witness resides.
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