Sex Offender Registration Program

The Naples Police Department will manage the sex offender registration process in accordance with all relevant statutes and the Texas Sex Offender Registration Manual, CR-31.

Registration and Compliance Officer

Sex Offender Registration Officer Contact Information

Sex offender registration/verification is done by appointment only.

Sex offender registration guidelines to include the proper completion of DPS issued forms can be found by referring to DPS CR-31 (Sex Offender Registration Manual).

Know if a Sex Offender Lives in Your Area

Citizens may search for registered sex offenders using the Texas Department of Public Safety Sex Offender Search site (link opens in new window). This website lists registered offenders throughout the State of Texas. You may search by name, address, county, school, and zip code. A successful search could provide address and occupation information, a current color photo, and offense information of the offender. If you feel there is an error on a sex offender registration record, please report this to the Naples Police Department.

Additional questions or concerns maybe addressed by the DPS Sex Offender Registration Crime Records Service Field Representative. Communication with the field representative is encouraged if additional information is needed. The DPS Sex Offender Registration Crime Records Service Field Representative can be contacted at P.O. Box 4143 Austin, Texas 78765-4143 or by phone at (512) 424-7365.

Sex Offender Registration Duties

In accordance with Chapter 62, Code of Criminal Procedure, requirements to register as a sex offender:

• Initial Verification of Registration upon Release or Discharge from a Penal Institution or Release to Community Supervision, Parole, Mandatory Supervision, or the Law Enforcement Registering Authority: No later than the 7th day after the date of release/placement on community supervision or juvenile probation), the offender must personally appear at the following local law enforcement authority to verify and complete registration.

• Supervision: (Conditional): If the offender has a juvenile probation officer, community supervision and corrections department officer, or parole officer and the offender does not move to an intended residence, he/she must report to his/her supervising officer no later than the 7th day after the date he/she was released.

• Registration: The offender is required to register with the local law enforcement authority in any municipality (office of the chief of police) where he/she resides, or intends to reside, for more than seven days. If his/her residence is not in a municipality, he/she must register with the local law enforcement authority of the county (office of the sheriff) where he/she resides, or intends to reside, for more than seven days. If his/her residence is in a county with a centralized registration authority designated by the commissioners court, or through interlocal agreement, of that county, the offender must register with the centralized registration authority where he/she resides, or intends to reside, for more than seven days. The offender will complete his/her registration no later than the 7th day after the date of arrival in the municipality or county. The local law enforcement authority in the municipality or county, or the centralized registration authority where he/she resides will be his/her primary registration authority. The duration of the offender's duty to register is for the period of time designated by Chapter 62, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

• Periodic Verification of Registration: The offender must personally appear at the local law enforcement authority designated as his/her primary registration authority and verify his/her registration information annually, every 90 days, or every 30 days, as designated by Chapter 62, Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.

• Additional Information as required by the Department: The offender is required to report to the local law enforcement authority designated as his/her primary registration authority, any additional information required by the Texas Department of Public Safety to include, but not limited to, blood type, nearest relative's name and address, and the identification of any vehicle(s) that he/she owns or operates.

• Change of Address: No later than the 7th day before the offender moves to a new residence in this state or another state, he/she must report in person to the law enforcement authority designated as his/her primary registration authority and to any community supervision and corrections department officer, juvenile probation officer, or parole officer supervising him/her and inform that authority and officer of his/her intended move. If the offender's new residence is located in this state, no later than the 7th day after changing his/her address, he/she must report in person and register with the local law enforcement authority in the municipality or county where his/her new residence is located. If the offender's new residence is located in another state, no later than the 10th day after the date he/she arrives in another state, he/she must register with the law enforcement agency that is identified by the Texas Department of Public Safety as the agency designated by that state to receive registration information. If the offender does not move to an intended address by the end of the 7th day after his/her anticipated move date, he/she shall report to his/her primary registration authority and any supervising officer weekly, and provide an explanation regarding changes in his/her anticipated move date and intended address.

• Lack of Address: If the offender lacks a physical address assigned by a governmental entity, he/she must provide to the local law enforcement authority a detailed description of the geographical location where he/she resides or intends to reside for more than 7 days. The offender must report in person to the local law enforcement authority not less than once in each 30 day period to confirm his/her location until a physical address can be provided.

• Texas DL/ID Requirement: No later than the 30th day after the date the offender is released from a penal institution, placed on community supervision or juvenile probation, or from the date of the written notice from the Department, he/she shall apply for the issuance of an annually renewable Texas driver license or personal identification certificate from a Texas Department of Public Safety, Driver License Office. Failure to apply for an annually renewable Texas driver license or personal identification certificate will result in an automatic revocation of any existing license or certificate issued by the Texas Department of Public Safety. The offender shall maintain an annually renewable driver license or personal identification certificate for as long as he/she is required to register.

• Status Changes: No later than the 7th day after the date of the change, the offender shall report to his/her primary registration authority any change in the following:
  • Name (includes a request for name change and a denial of a request)
  • Physical health (if hospitalized as the result of an illness)
  • Job status (includes beginning and leaving employment, and changing work locations)
  • Educational status (includes a transfer from one educational facility to another).

• Prohibited Employment (Conditional): If the offender has a Texas reportable conviction or adjudication for a sexually violent offense on or after 09/01/2013 and an affirmative finding was made that the victim was younger than 14 years of age at the time of the offense, the offender is prohibited from certain types of employment. Specifically, he/she may not for compensation operate or offer to operate a bus; provide or offer to provide a passenger taxicab or limousine transportation service; operate or offer to operate any amusement ride. He/she also may not for compensation provide or offer to provide any type of service in the residence of another person unless that provision or service will be supervised.

• Change in Online Identifiers: The offender report any changes to online identifiers, including establishing any new online identifier not already included on his/her registration form, to his/her primary registration authority in the manner prescribed by the authority no later than the 7th day after the change.

• Institutions of Higher Education: If the offender intends to be employed, carry on a vocation, or be a student at a public or private institution of higher education in this state, he/she must notify the authority for campus security for the institution and his/her primary registration authority of that fact no later than the 7th day after the date he/she begins to work or attend school at the institution. If the offender stops working or attending school at an institution of higher education, he/she must report that fact to the authority for campus security and his/her primary registration authority no later than the 7th day after he/she stops working or attending school at the institution. If the institution of higher education does not have an authority for campus security, the offender must provide the required notice to the local law enforcement authority (chief of police or sheriff) of the municipality or county in which the institution is location. If the institution of higher education is located in another state, the offender must notify any authority for campus security for that institution no later than the 10th day after the date he/she begins to work or attend school.

• Prohibited Location of Residence (Conditional): If the offender has a reportable conviction or adjudication for an offense committed on or after 09/01/2017, he/she is prohibited from residing on the campus of a public or private institution of higher education unless

1. The offender has received approval from the institution of higher education to reside on the institution's campus and
2. The offender has been assigned a numeric risk level of (1) LOW based on an assessment under Article 62.007.

• Certain Workers and Students: If the offender resides outside of this state and intends to work or attend school in this state, no later than the 7th day after the date he/she begins to work or attend school, he/she must register and verify registration with the local law enforcement authority in the municipality or county in which he/she works or attends school. If the offender resides in this state and works or attends school in another state, he/she must register with the law enforcement agency that is identified by the Texas Department of Public Safety as the agency designated by that state to receive registration information no later than the 10th day after the date he/she begins to work or attend school.

• Entry Onto School Premises: If an offender enters the premises of any private or public school or daycare center in Texas during standard operating hours of the school, he/she shall immediately notify the administrative office of the school of his/her presence and registration status. The office may provide a chaperone to accompany him/her while he/she is on the premises of the school. These requirements will NOT apply if the offender is a student enrolled at the school, a student from another school participating at an event at the school, OR a person who has entered into a written agreement with the school that exempts him/her from these requirements.