Texas Penal Code
§ 32.46 — FRAUDULENT SECURING OF DOCUMENT EXECUTION
PE § 32.46Title 7. OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY · Ch. 32. FRAUD · Art. D. OTHER DECEPTIVE PRACTICES
Statute text
View on source(a)A person commits an offense if the person, with the intent to defraud or harm any person:
(1)causes another person, without that person's effective consent, to sign or execute any document affecting property or service or the pecuniary interest of any person; or
(2)causes a public servant, without the public servant's effective consent, to file or record any purported judgment or other document purporting to memorialize or evidence an act, an order, a directive, or process of:
(A)a purported court that is not expressly created or established under the constitution or the laws of this state or of the United States;
(B)a purported judicial entity that is not expressly created or established under the constitution or laws of this state or of the United States; or
(C)a purported judicial officer of a purported court or purported judicial entity described by Paragraph (A) or (B).
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Legislative history
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 127 (S.B. 1694), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2007. Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 620 (S.B. 688), Sec. 6, eff. September 1, 2011. Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1251 (H.B. 1396), Sec. 22, eff. September 1, 2015. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 109), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 109), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021. Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 837 (S.B. 109), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2021.