Texas § 56A.503 NOTIFICATION OF RELEASE OR ESCAPE.

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§ 56A.503 — NOTIFICATION OF RELEASE OR ESCAPE.

Texas § 56A.503

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Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure Code Ann. § 56A.503 (2026).

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Art. 56A.503. NOTIFICATION OF RELEASE OR ESCAPE.

(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 reside

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Art. 56A.503. NOTIFICATION OF RELEASE OR ESCAPE. (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.