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Know Your Rights Texas Law Enforcement Privacy Protections Texas has some of the strongest privacy protections for law enforcement officers in the country. Most officers never know these rights exist.
TX Transportation Code § 521.1211 Driver's License Alternate Address Active Texas peace officers may use an alternate address on their driver's license instead of their home address. Your home address never appears on your most commonly shown form of ID. This right must be requested at your local DPS office. Read the Statute →
TX Penal Code § 42.074 Criminal Doxxing Statute Effective September 1, 2023, Texas made it a criminal offense to post someone's home address or phone number online with intent to cause harm. Class B misdemeanor, elevated to Class A if bodily injury results. One of the first such laws in the country. Read the Statute →
TX Election Code § 13.004 Voter Registration Suppression Texas peace officers and their family members may request that their home address be withheld from public voter registration records. This removes one of the most commonly exploited public records used to find an officer's home address. Read the Statute →
All 50 States Law Enforcement Privacy Protections by State How well does your state protect officers' personal information? Hover over any state to see which specific protections exist for law enforcement.
Officer Privacy Protection Coverage by State
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This map reflects publicly available information as of 2025. Laws vary and change. Verify with your department legal counsel. Encovert does not provide legal advice.

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Quick Guide 5 Things Every Texas Officer Should Do Right Now to Protect Their Home Address 1. Request an alternate address on your driver's license at DPS. 2. File for voter registration suppression under Texas Election Code 13.004. 3. Run a free Encovert scan to see what data brokers have on you. 4. Request removal of your home from Google Maps street view. 5. Enroll in a continuous data broker removal service so removals stick. Each of these steps can be done independently. Encovert handles steps 3, 4, and 5 for you automatically.
Explainer How Data Brokers Find Your Home Address and What You Can Do About It Data brokers collect public records -- voter registration, property tax records, court filings, and business registrations -- and aggregate them into searchable profiles. They sell access to these profiles to anyone willing to pay a few dollars. The result is a detailed profile of you, your family, your home address, and your daily patterns, available to anyone with internet access. The only way to remove this information is to opt out of each broker individually or use a service that does it for you continuously.
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