Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56A.503
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 56A.503, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 56A.503. NOTIFICATION OF RELEASE OR ESCAPE.
Official statutory text
(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.
(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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