Tex. Agric. Code § 167.136 · Subchapter F. PENALTIES
FAILURE TO MAKE STATEMENT OF POSSESSION AND DESTINATION; MAKING FALSE STATEMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person required by Section 167.028 of this code to make a written statement commits an offense if the person:
(1) fails or refuses to make the statement in accordance with that section; or
(2) makes a false statement under that section.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor unless it is shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has been previously convicted under this section, in which event the offense is a Class B misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1452, ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1981. Amended by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 836, Sec. 61, eff. Sept. 1, 1989; Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 548, Sec. 26, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/AG/htm/AG.167.htm
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