Texas Penal Code

§ 32.21 — FORGERY

PE § 32.21Title 7. OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY · Ch. 32. FRAUD · Art. B. FORGERY

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(a)For purposes of this section:

(1)"Forge" means:

(A)to alter, make, complete, execute, or authenticate any writing so that it purports:

(i)to be the act of another who did not authorize that act;

(ii)to have been executed at a time or place or in a numbered sequence other than was in fact the case; or

(iii)to be a copy of an original when no such original existed;

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Legislative history

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 670 (H.B. 2328), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009. Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 977 (H.B. 351), Sec. 25, eff. September 1, 2017. Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 132 (H.B. 1910), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2023. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 824 (S.B. 1379), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.