Texas Penal Code
§ 37.081 — FALSE REPORT REGARDING MISSING CHILD OR MISSING PERSON
PE § 37.081Title 8. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 37. PERJURY AND OTHER FALSIFICATION
Statute text
View on source(a)A person commits an offense if, with intent to deceive, the person knowingly:
(1)files a false report of a missing child or missing person with a law enforcement officer or agency; or
(2)makes a false statement to a law enforcement officer or other employee of a law enforcement agency relating to a missing child or missing person.
(b)An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Legislative history
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 200, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.