Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 62.002
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 62.002, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 62.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.
Official statutory text
(a) This chapter applies only to a reportable conviction or adjudication occurring on or after September 1, 1970.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the duties imposed on a person required to register under this chapter on the basis of a reportable conviction or adjudication, and the corresponding duties and powers of other entities in relation to the person required to register on the basis of that conviction or adjudication, are not affected by:
(1) an appeal of the conviction or adjudication; or
(2) a pardon of the conviction or adjudication.
(c) If a conviction or adjudication that is the basis of a duty to register under this chapter is set aside on appeal by a court or if the person required to register under this chapter on the basis of a conviction or adjudication receives a pardon on the basis of subsequent proof of innocence, the duties imposed on the person by this chapter and the corresponding duties and powers of other entities in relation to the person are terminated.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), the duties imposed on a person required to register under this chapter on the basis of a reportable conviction or adjudication, and the corresponding duties and powers of other entities in relation to the person required to register on the basis of that conviction or adjudication, are not affected by:
(1) an appeal of the conviction or adjudication; or
(2) a pardon of the conviction or adjudication.
(c) If a conviction or adjudication that is the basis of a duty to register under this chapter is set aside on appeal by a court or if the person required to register under this chapter on the basis of a conviction or adjudication receives a pardon on the basis of subsequent proof of innocence, the duties imposed on the person by this chapter and the corresponding duties and powers of other entities in relation to the person are terminated.
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