# Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.003: SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR

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URL: https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.003

## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.003
- **Heading:** SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code hs / Chapter 841 / Section 841.003

## Text

(a) A person is a sexually violent predator for the purposes of this chapter if the person:

(1) is a repeat sexually violent offender; and

(2) suffers from a behavioral abnormality that makes the person likely to engage in a predatory act of sexual violence.

(b) A person is a repeat sexually violent offender for the purposes of this chapter if the person is convicted of more than one sexually violent offense and a sentence is imposed for at least one of the offenses, or if the person is convicted of an offense under Section 21.02, Penal Code, and a sentence is imposed for the offense, or if:

(1) the person:

(A) is convicted of a sexually violent offense, regardless of whether the sentence for the offense was ever imposed or whether the sentence was probated and the person was subsequently discharged from community supervision;

(B) enters a plea of guilty or nolo contendere for a sexually violent offense in return for a grant of deferred adjudication; or

(C) is adjudicated by a juvenile court as having engaged in delinquent conduct constituting a sexually violent offense and is committed to the Texas Juvenile Justice Department under Section 54.04(d)(3) or (m), Family Code; and

(2) after the date on which under Subdivision (1) the person is convicted, receives a grant of deferred adjudication, or is adjudicated by a juvenile court as having engaged in delinquent conduct, the person commits a sexually violent offense for which the person is convicted, but only if the sentence for the offense is imposed.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.001 § 841.001. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.001.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.002 § 841.002. DEFINITIONS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.002.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.003 § 841.003. SEXUALLY VIOLENT PREDATOR.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.003.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.005 § 841.005. TEXAS BOARD OF CRIMINAL JUSTICE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.005.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.006 § 841.006. APPLICATION OF CHAPTER.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.006.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.007 § 841.007. DUTIES OF TEXAS CIVIL COMMITMENT OFFICE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.007.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.021 § 841.021. NOTICE OF POTENTIAL PREDATOR.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.021.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.022 § 841.022. MULTIDISCIPLINARY TEAM.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.022.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.023 § 841.023. ASSESSMENT FOR BEHAVIORAL ABNORMALITY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.023.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.041 § 841.041. PETITION ALLEGING PREDATOR STATUS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.041.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.042 § 841.042. ASSISTANCE FROM SPECIAL PROSECUTION UNIT.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.042.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.061 § 841.061. TRIAL.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.061.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.062 § 841.062. DETERMINATION OF PREDATOR STATUS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.062.md)
- [Tex. Health and Safety Code § 841.063 § 841.063. CONTINUANCE.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Chs_C841_S841.063.md)

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