Public Site
Pursuant to Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 62.005, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) establishes this website as the official internet public access to the DPS sex offender registration computerized central database. This online application allows you to search the registry, use the subscription service and download the registry (with additional access for Social Networking Website Operators). Additional Caveats
Registry Search
The Department of Public Safety has created searches for Texas Public Sex Offender Registry. These searches allow the public to search the registry for sex offenders registered in Texas.
Subscription Service
The Department of Public Safety has created a notification system that allows the public to subscribe to e-mail notifications regarding database changes relating to registered sex offenders. In order to utilize the subscription service, an account must first be created.
Download Registry
The Public Sex Offender Registry is available as a download for users wishing to do comparisons against their own systems, combine with other data, run statistics or otherwise perform operations not available thru the TxDPS Crime Records Service Public website.
Additional Resources
Important Caveats
Pursuant to Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Art. 62.005, the Texas Department of Public Safety (DPS) establishes this website as the official internet public access to the DPS sex offender registration computerized central database.
All information on individual registrants is based on registration information submitted by Texas Department of Criminal Justice, Texas Juvenile Justice Department, or various local criminal justice agencies. DPS cannot guarantee the records obtained through this site relate to the person about whom information is sought. Searches based on names, dates of birth, or other alphanumeric identifiers are not always accurate. The only way to positively link an individual to a specific sex offender record is though fingerprint verification. However, if you feel there is an error on a sex offender registration record, please report this to the local law enforcement agency the sex offender has verified their information with. The verification agency is listed in the sex offender registration information.
All information provided through this website is open record. It may be used by anyone for any purpose. However, it is your responsibility to make sure the records you access through this site pertain to the person about whom you are seeking information. Extreme care should be exercised in using any information obtained from this website. Neither DPS nor the State of Texas shall be responsible for any errors or omissions produced by secondary dissemination of this information. The Texas Legislature mandates the following information regarding the offender not be public record: social security number, driver’s license number, telephone number, online identifiers, and any additional information required by DPS for law enforcement purposes.
Pursuant to Texas Code of Criminal Procedure Chapter 62 and judicial orders, not all offenders are available on the public access sex offender database.
Anyone who uses any information on this website to injure, harass, or for any other unlawful purpose may be subject to criminal prosecution or civil liability.
The mapping component of the Sex Offender Registry was created as a supplemental tool for the public to use as a visual illustration of registered sex offenders’ addresses. Users should understand that not all registrants’ addresses can be mapped due to limitations of mapping software or due to the variances of the address data reported by local law enforcement to DPS. Users can click on the “Unmapped” category to view data for additional registrants within a given area.