INVASIVE VISUAL RECORDING

Texas Penal Code § 21.15 defines invasive visual recording. A person commits the offense if, without the other person's consent and with intent to invade that person's privacy, the person photographs, records by videotape or other electronic means, broadcasts, or transmits a visual image of an intimate area of another person when the other person has a reasonable expectation that the intimate area is not subject to public view; does the same to a person in a bathroom or changing room; or, knowing its character and content, promotes such a photograph, recording, broadcast, or transmission. "Intimate area" means the naked or clothed genitals, pubic area, anus, buttocks, or female breast of a person. The State must prove the recording, broadcast, transmission, or promotion, the absence of consent, and the specific privacy-invading intent. Subsection (c) classifies the offense as a state jail felony.

Ranges are the statutory maximums for the level; enhancements, prior convictions and plea agreements change what is actually imposed.

Across 2,262 Texas bail settings for this charge (13 counties, Apr 2022 – Jun 2025), the median cash or surety bond was $10,000 (middle half: $5,000 – $25,000). 39% of defendants were released on a personal bond, and bail was denied in 39 cases. When this was the only charge at booking (341 records), the median was $10,000 and 13% got a personal bond.

Showing the 5 counties with the most records; use the selector for any county with at least 30. Per-charge bond settings on original magistrations, from Texas OCA bail reporting under SB 6. Bail is set case by case — these are statistics, not a prediction.