Texas Penal Code
§ 38.05 — HINDERING APPREHENSION OR PROSECUTION
PE § 38.05Title 8. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION · Ch. 38. OBSTRUCTING GOVERNMENTAL OPERATION
Statute text
View on source(a)A person commits an offense if, with intent to hinder the arrest, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of another for an offense or, with intent to hinder the arrest, detention, adjudication, or disposition of a child for engaging in delinquent conduct that violates a penal law of the state, or with intent to hinder the arrest of another under the authority of a warrant or capias, he:
(1)harbors or conceals the other;
(2)provides or aids in providing the other with any means of avoiding arrest or effecting escape; or
(3)warns the other of impending discovery or apprehension.
(b)It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a)(3) that the warning was given in connection with an effort to bring another into compliance with the law.
(c)Except as provided by Subsection (d), an offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
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Legislative history
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 607 (H.B. 2104), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2005. Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 593 (H.B. 8), Sec. 1.19, eff. September 1, 2007.