CAUSE NO. 

THE STATE OF TEXAS

V.

DEFENDANT

§	IN THE _____________COURT
§
§	OF
§
§	_____________COUNTY, TEXAS

MOTION FOR EXEMPTION FROM SEX OFFENDER REGISTRATION

	TO THE HONORABLE JUDGE OF SAID COURT:

	Now comes the Defendant in the above entitled and numbered cause, and makes this Motion for Exemption from Sex Offender Registration Pursuant to Art. 62.0105 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure and would show the Court the following:
	I.	Defendant is charged with an offense under 22.021 of the Texas Penal Code, namely______________, which can carry the requirement of sex offender registration pursuant to Chapter 62 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure.
II.	Defendant is required to register solely as a result of the single reportable conviction that is the basis of the above-described cause.
	III.	Pursuant to Article 42.017 and Article 42.12 Sec. 5(g) of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure, the Court has made an affirmative finding of fact and has entered the affirmative finding in the judgment of the case determining the age of the Defendant and the victim as well as the basis of the conviction.
	IV.	It has been shown by a preponderance of the credible evidence that:
		1.	A registered sex offender treatment provider has concluded that the granting of such an exemption does not threaten public safety; and
		2.	The sexual conduct by the Defendant that is the basis of the underlying offense did not occur without the consent of the victim as described in Sex. 2.011(b) of the Texas Penal Code.

	WHEREFORE, PREMISES CONSIDERED, the Defendant prays that this Court grant Defendant's Motion for Exemption from Sex Offender Registration.

Respectfully submitted,

By:  ___________________________________________

CERTIFICATE OF SERVICE

	I hereby certify that a true copy of the above and foregoing Motion for Exemption from Sex Offender Registration was mailed or hand delivered to the CrimDA/CtyAtty of _____________ County, Texas on the _____ day of __________, 200__.

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CAUSE NO. 

THE STATE OF TEXAS

V.

DEFENDANT

§	IN THE ______________COURT
§
§	OF
§
§	______________COUNTY, TEXAS

O R D E R

	On this day, came on to be heard the Defendant's Motion for Exemption from Sex Offender Registration and it is in all things (GRANTED) (DENIED), to which action of the Court Defendant duly excepts).

	SIGNED                                                              200__.

							JUDGE PRESIDING