Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 62.062
This is the official text of Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 62.062, part of Texas’s Code of Criminal Procedure — sets the procedural rules for criminal cases in Texas.
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§ 62.062. LIMITATION ON NEWSPAPER PUBLICATION.
Official statutory text
(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a local law enforcement authority may not publish notice in a newspaper or other periodical or circular concerning a person's registration under this chapter if the only basis on which the person is subject to registration is one or more adjudications of delinquent conduct.
(b) This article does not apply to a publication of notice under Article 62.056.
(b) This article does not apply to a publication of notice under Article 62.056.
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