Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 134.002 · Chapter 134. TEXAS THEFT LIABILITY ACT

DEFINITIONS.

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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

In this chapter:

(1) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other group, however organized.

(2) "Theft" means unlawfully appropriating property or unlawfully obtaining services as described by Section 31.03, 31.04, 31.06, 31.07, 31.11, 31.12, 31.13, or 31.14, Penal Code.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 4.05(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 858, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Amended by:

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 10 (S.B. 953), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2013.

Source of truth

Edition: Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Official file: https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.134.htm
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Penal Code

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