Texas Penal Code
§ 22.10 — LEAVING A CHILD IN A VEHICLE
PE § 22.10Title 5. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON · Ch. 22. ASSAULTIVE OFFENSES
Statute text
View on source(a)A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly leaves a child in a motor vehicle for longer than five minutes, knowing that the child is:
(1)younger than seven years of age; and
(2)not attended by an individual in the vehicle who is 14 years of age or older.
(b)An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 1984, 68th Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 24, Sec. 1, eff. Oct. 2, 1984. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.