Tex. Gov't Code § 432.161 · Subchapter J. PUNITIVE ARTICLES
FORGERY.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person subject to this chapter is guilty of forgery and shall be punished as a court-martial directs if the person, with intent to defraud:
(1) falsely makes or alters a signature to a writing or any part of a writing that would, if genuine, apparently impose a legal liability on another or change his legal right or liability to his prejudice; or
(2) utters, offers, issues, or transfers such a writing, known by him to be so made or altered.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.432.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 488be130977dc8ebee112e658c762fca1a5f0e124e816147f9aa765fb3af3ff2
- 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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