Foard County Sex Offender Checks
The Texas Public Sex Offender Registry is the main official search for Foard County. The Texas Department of Public Safety, or TxDPS, manages the central database. Local primary registration authorities collect and verify the details sent to it. Foard County does not publish a separate local offender map, local registry list, appointment desk, or registry fee. That makes the state system the first public access point, not the county website.
Start with a clear search goal. A name query helps when the person is known. County, city, ZIP, address, and radius tools help with community awareness. Searchers should also review unmapped records because a conventional map point is not available for every registered location. If the portal times out, retry it, use the national official search, or call the Foard County Sheriff for registration-office guidance. Those channels answer different needs and should not be treated as identical.
Foard County Registry Search Geography
Census Bureau figures for Foard County report 704.40 square miles of land and only 1.6 residents per square mile. Crowell is its sole incorporated city. A city-only query can therefore miss relevant rural areas outside the municipal boundary. For broad awareness, choose Foard in the county field, then compare that result with address or ZIP searches around the place that matters.
The map and list views serve different purposes. A map gives useful spatial context when an address can be geocoded. A county list can include a broader set, while the registry's separate Unmapped option accounts for records that do not plot as a standard point. U.S. 70 and State Highway 6 meet in Crowell, but the search should not stop along those central routes. Rural homes, farms, and reported location descriptions require the county-wide layer.
Practical sequence: Crowell or ZIP search › Foard County search › address-radius view › Unmapped records.
Texas Public Sex Offender Registry Searches
TxDPS exposes several search types within the public registry. The choices include Name, Address, Institute of Higher Education, High Risk, Civilly Committed Sexually Violent Predators, Unmapped, and Download. The public interface can change or time out, so read its live help before assuming that a partial name or radius behaves in a specific way.
- Open the official Texas registry and review its conditions of use.
- Select Name for a known person or Address for a geographic check. Use Foard County, Crowell, or ZIP 79227 where the chosen form permits it.
- Review both list and map views when available, then check the separate Unmapped category.
- Open a likely profile and compare the public identifiers, offense information, status, address detail, and last update before drawing any conclusion.
| Field or Control | Type | Use | Foard County Note |
|---|---|---|---|
| Last, First, Middle Name | Text | Name search | First and middle names can narrow a result |
| Address | Text | Address search | Use a specific place for proximity context |
| City | Text or dropdown | Place filter | Crowell is the incorporated county seat |
| County | Dropdown | County filter | Select Foard for the rural county-wide layer |
| ZIP Code | Text | Postal-area filter | 79227 covers the Crowell mailing area |
| Radius | Dropdown | Distance filter | Confirm current distance choices in the live portal |
| Map, List, Unmapped | View controls | Result review | Use more than one view for a complete check |
Note: Confirm the live portal's current radius choices because the official interface did not expose stable distance values during research.
Foard County Registry and NSOPW
The Texas registry is the primary source for Texas profile details. The U.S. Department of Justice National Sex Offender Public Website, or NSOPW, provides a cross-state search layer. It is useful when a search crosses state lines or when the Texas interface is temporarily unavailable. Neither official system should be described as a private people-search product.
The official NSOPW source also supplied the one successful registry image assigned to Foard County:
The interface illustrates the national fallback, but a returned Texas profile should still be checked against the current TxDPS registry entry. Data can differ in timing or presentation between connected systems. If neither search resolves a local question, the sheriff's published phone line is the appropriate contact for registration-office routing.
Note: A blank result does not prove that a person has no qualifying history or that every nearby registered location was mapped.
Registry Profiles: What They Show
A public profile can combine identity, physical description, location, offense, registration duty, and compliance details. Read the fields together. A Texas numeric risk level is not the same as a federal SORNA tier, and an address point does not by itself establish current presence at every hour. The last verification or update field helps place the information in time.
| Name and Aliases | Primary registered name plus public aliases or nicknames |
|---|---|
| Photo and Description | Photo when supplied; sex, race, age or birth date, height, weight, hair, eyes, scars, marks, and tattoos where public |
| Reported Location | Residence address or detailed location description, with a map point when geocoded |
| Offense Record | Reportable offense, law and jurisdiction, conviction or adjudication date, court or county, and public victim-age category |
| Risk and Duty | Texas numeric risk level where assigned, registration type, verification frequency, and status |
| Other Public Fields | Vehicle, school affiliation, compliance, and last verification information to the extent publicly released |
Chapter 62 excludes Social Security and driver's-license numbers, personal phone numbers, employer details, online identifiers, victim-identifying data, and other nonpublic registration fields. Their absence is a statutory boundary, not a missing-data signal.
Reading Foard County Registry Status
Texas risk levels describe assessed danger to the community. Federal SORNA tiers classify offenses for a different framework. Do not translate level 1, 2, or 3 into Tier I, II, or III. The numbers look alike but answer different questions. Registration duration is also offense- and circumstance-specific.
- Risk level
- A Texas assessment shown as low, moderate, or high where assigned; it affects notification.
- SORNA tier
- A federal offense-based category used in comparisons, including early-termination analysis.
- Post-10 duty
- A Texas period that generally ends on the tenth anniversary after the controlling discharge point.
- Unmapped
- A public registry record without a conventional geocoded map point.
Status language must be read as the registry displays it. Searchers should not infer a new offense from an update date, or assume that low assessed risk means no duty. For a suspected address error or compliance problem, report the concern through law enforcement rather than investigating in person.
Registration Levels and Duties in Texas
Texas commonly requires lifetime registration or a period that ends ten years after discharge from supervision or confinement. Article 62.101 controls the exact duration, and the official TxDPS offense comparison shows why state duration and federal tier cannot be equated. Verification generally begins soon after release or placement on community supervision. Most registrants verify each year around their birthday, while specified higher-frequency groups report every 90 days or every 30 days.
| Category | Meaning or Duration | Verification or Notice |
|---|---|---|
| Texas Level 1 | Low assessed risk; duration depends on the offense | Chapter 62 public access; verification frequency depends on duty |
| Texas Level 2 | Moderate assessed risk; duration depends on the offense | Public registry may show the numeric level |
| Texas Level 3 | High assessed risk; duration depends on the offense | Enhanced neighborhood notice under Article 62.056 |
| SORNA Tier I | Federal 15-year minimum, potentially reduced under federal conditions | Used for comparison, not interchangeable with Texas level 1 |
| SORNA Tier II | Federal 25-year minimum | Used for comparison, not interchangeable with Texas level 2 |
| SORNA Tier III | Federal lifetime minimum | Used for comparison, not interchangeable with Texas level 3 |
A person with two or more sexually violent convictions or deferred adjudications generally verifies at least every 90 days. A person without an assigned physical address, and certain civilly committed people living outside a commitment center, verifies at least every 30 days. Most others verify annually within the statutory birthday window.
Note: Registration length follows the offense and circumstances, not the public profile's Texas numeric risk level by itself.
Foard County Offender Registration Contacts
The official Foard County Sheriff's Office page does not name a separate sex offender registration desk. Residents outside a municipality register with the county local law-enforcement authority; residents inside a municipality follow the authority designated by TxDPS. Call before appearing. The sheriff can confirm the correct primary authority, physical intake point, appointment policy, documents, and current hours. Do not assume the courthouse is the registration counter.
Foard County Sheriff's Office
110 South First Street
P.O. Box 309
Crowell, TX 79227
940-684-1501
Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
For suspected noncompliance, use the sheriff's non-emergency line. TxDPS Sex Offender Registration can also be reached at 512-424-2800. Call 911 only for an immediate emergency. Article 62.054 addresses notice to schools in relevant cases without disclosing victim identity, while Article 62.056 governs enhanced notice for level 3 cases.
Note: Call before visiting because Foard County publishes no separate registration-counter address or appointment schedule.
Correcting Foard County Registry Concerns
An address that looks wrong or stale should be treated as a reportable concern, not an invitation to visit the location. First, check the full profile and its verification date. Next, repeat the search through the county, name, and Unmapped views. A map failure may be a geocoding issue rather than proof of noncompliance.
Send the concern to the sheriff or TxDPS registration contact with the public profile identifier, the address or location in question, and a clear account of the discrepancy. Avoid publishing added personal claims. Local authorities determine whether a verification step or compliance inquiry is warranted. Texas has no single statewide Chapter 62 rule that bars every registrant from living a fixed distance from every school or park, and the research found no Foard-specific distance ordinance. Supervision terms or a valid local rule may still govern a particular person.
Using Registry Information Lawfully
Registry information supports personal, family, and community safety. It also supports informed discussion about schools and neighborhood notice. It does not authorize a reader to threaten, stalk, harass, trespass, discriminate, or take enforcement into private hands. Contact law enforcement when a profile raises a compliance concern.
Misuse warning: Texas Chapter 62 does not authorize harassment or vigilantism, and Article 62.102 makes a registrant's failure to comply a felony. Report suspected violations to law enforcement rather than confronting anyone.
Enhanced notice rules do not expose a victim's identity. They provide structured public-safety information through official channels. Verify a profile against the current TxDPS record, keep the date of access in mind, and distinguish statutory registration status from rumor. Those steps preserve both the value and lawful purpose of the Foard County registry search.