Tex. Penal Code § 20.07 · Chapter 20. KIDNAPPING, UNLAWFUL RESTRAINT, AND SMUGGLING OF PERSONS
OPERATION OF STASH HOUSE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly:
(1) uses or permits another to use any real estate, building, room, tent, vehicle, boat, or other property owned by the person or under the person's control to commit an offense or to facilitate the commission of an offense under Section 20.05, 20.06, 20A.02, 20A.03, 43.04, or 43.05; or
(2) rents or leases any property to another, intending that the property be used as described by Subdivision (1).
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree with a minimum term of imprisonment of five years, except that the offense is a felony of the second degree with a minimum term of imprisonment of five years if:
(1) the offense is committed under Subsection (a)(1) and the property that is the subject of the offense is used to commit or facilitate the commission of an offense under Section 20.06, 20A.03, or 43.05; or
(2) it is shown on the trial of the offense that as a direct result of the commission of the offense:
(A) an individual became a victim of sexual assault, as defined by Section 22.011, or aggravated sexual assault, as defined by Section 22.021; or
(B) an individual suffered serious bodily injury or death.
(c) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under another law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 412 (H.B. 2613), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2019.
Amended by:
Acts 2023, 88th Leg., 3rd C.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 4), Sec. 5, eff. February 6, 2024.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.20.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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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Penal Code
- Tex. Penal Code § 20.05SMUGGLING OF PERSONS.Printed as Section 20.05, 20.06, 20A.02, 20A.03, 43.04, or 43.05
- Tex. Penal Code § 20.06CONTINUOUS SMUGGLING OF PERSONS.Printed as Section 20.05, 20.06, 20A.02, 20A.03, 43.04, or 43.05 | Section 20.06, 20A.03, or 43.05
- Tex. Penal Code § 20A.02TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS.Printed as Section 20.05, 20.06, 20A.02, 20A.03, 43.04, or 43.05
- Tex. Penal Code § 20A.03CONTINUOUS TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS.Printed as Section 20.05, 20.06, 20A.02, 20A.03, 43.04, or 43.05 | Section 20.06, 20A.03, or 43.05
- Tex. Penal Code § 22.011SEXUAL ASSAULT.Printed as Section 22.011
- Tex. Penal Code § 22.021AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT.Printed as Section 22.021
- Tex. Penal Code § 43.04AGGRAVATED PROMOTION OF PROSTITUTION.Printed as Section 20.05, 20.06, 20A.02, 20A.03, 43.04, or 43.05
- Tex. Penal Code § 43.05COMPELLING PROSTITUTION.Printed as Section 20.05, 20.06, 20A.02, 20A.03, 43.04, or 43.05 | Section 20.06, 20A.03, or 43.05
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