Tex. Fin. Code § 271.005 · Chapter 271. FINANCIAL TRANSACTION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS
SUPPRESSION OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE; CRIMINAL PENALTY.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly suppresses physical evidence connected with information contained in a report or return required by this chapter through concealment, alteration, or destruction.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.271.htm
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- Composed by
- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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