Tex. Gov't Code § 4007.204 · Subchapter E. CRIMINAL PROVISIONS
MATERIALLY FALSE STATEMENT IN DOCUMENT OR PROCEEDING; OFFENSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly makes or causes to be made any statement in a document filed with the commissioner or in a proceeding under this title that is, at the time and in light of the circumstances under which the statement is made, false or misleading in any material respect.
(b) An offense is established under this section regardless of whether the document or proceeding relates to a transaction or security that is exempt under Chapter 4005.
(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 491 (H.B. 4171), Sec. 1.01, eff. January 1, 2022.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.4007.htm
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- 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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