Loving County Sex Offenders

Loving County, with its county seat in Mentone, is the least populated county in the United States. Located in Far West Texas along the New Mexico border, the entire county has fewer than 100 residents in most census counts. The Loving County Sheriff's Office is the sole registration authority for sex offenders in the county. All registration records are submitted to the Texas DPS and are searchable at sor.dps.texas.gov.

Loving County Sheriff Registration

The Loving County Sheriff's Office in Mentone is the only registration point for sex offenders in the county. Mentone is one of the smallest county seats in the United States, and Loving County itself rarely reports a population above 150 people. The county sits in the Permian Basin oil patch along the Pecos River valley, and its residents are primarily connected to oil and gas operations or ranching.

Despite its unusual size, Loving County operates under the same Texas sex offender registration laws as every other county in the state. Anyone required to register who establishes a residence in Loving County must report to the sheriff's office within seven days. There is no reduced standard or exemption for remote or rural counties. The law applies uniformly.

Registration is done in person. Bring valid photo ID and documentation of your current address. The sheriff records your data and submits it to the Texas DPS. The record becomes part of the statewide public registry once processed by the DPS. Even in a county this small, the public records system works the same way it does anywhere else in Texas.

Search Loving County Sex Offender Records

The Texas DPS registry at sor.dps.texas.gov includes all Loving County registrations. Enter a name or the zip code 79754, which covers Mentone and the county area. Because of the extremely small population, results for Loving County may be very limited or nonexistent at any given time. That does not mean the database is incomplete. It simply reflects the county's population size.

The registry is free to use, updated as agencies submit new data, and accessible to anyone at any time. If the DPS shows no results for the Loving County zip code, it means no one with a current registration obligation is recorded as living there at that moment.

The Texas DPS sex offender registry portal shown here is the official search tool for Loving County and all other Texas counties.

Use the DPS portal to search by name or zip code for registered sex offenders in Loving County, Texas.

Note: Loving County's extremely low population makes it the least likely Texas county to have active registrations at any given time, but the registry still covers it completely.

Chapter 62 Registration in Loving County

Registration in Loving County follows Chapter 62 of the Texas Code of Criminal Procedure. The law requires registration within seven days of establishing any new Texas address. Annual verification is the standard. Higher-risk registrants verify every 90 days. Some convictions require lifetime registration; others carry a ten-year obligation.

The Loving County Sheriff enforces these requirements with the same authority as any sheriff in the state. Failing to register or verify on time is a felony under Texas law. Because Loving County borders New Mexico, out-of-state convictions from New Mexico may trigger Texas registration requirements. Anyone moving to Loving County from New Mexico who has a prior sex offense conviction should confirm their Texas registration obligations before or immediately upon arrival.

• Register within 7 days at the Loving County Sheriff's Office in Mentone
• Provide valid photo ID and current address documentation
• Verify registration annually or every 90 days as required
• Report address changes before or within 7 days of moving
• Confirm Texas registration obligations for out-of-state convictions

Resources for Loving County

The Loving County Clerk handles court records for cases filed in the county. Given the county's size, court records are minimal, but they are still public records available for review. Contact the clerk in Mentone for information on how to request records.

The Texas Attorney General provides statewide victim services and information about sex offender registration. For cross-state searches, the National Sex Offender Public Website covers both Texas and New Mexico, which is useful for Loving County given its border location. The Texas DPS program page provides contact information for reporting a suspected compliance violation anywhere in Texas, including in remote counties like Loving.