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Terms Used In Texas Code of Criminal Procedure 65.101

  • Jurisdiction: (1) The legal authority of a court to hear and decide a case. Concurrent jurisdiction exists when two courts have simultaneous responsibility for the same case. (2) The geographic area over which the court has authority to decide cases.
  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005

The duty to register for a person ends when a judge in a court of competent jurisdiction determines that the person no longer represents a threat to public safety.