Texas Business & Commerce Code
§ 252.006 — FRAUDULENTLY INDUCING ISSUANCE OF BILL OF LADING
BC § 252.006Title 7. RECEIPTS, DOCUMENTS OF TITLE, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS · Ch. 252. BILLS OF LADING
Statute text
View on source(a)A person may not, with intent to defraud, induce an agent of a common carrier to:
(1)issue to the person a bill of lading; or
(2)materially misrepresent in a bill of lading issued on behalf of the common carrier the quantity of goods described in the bill of lading.
(b)A person who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for a term of not more than five years or less than two years.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.