Tex. Penal Code § 38.16 · Chapter 38. OBSTRUCTING GOVERNMENTAL OPERATION
PREVENTING EXECUTION OF CIVIL PROCESS.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly by words or physical action prevents the execution of any process in a civil cause.
(b) It is an exception to the application of this section that the actor evaded service of process by avoiding detection.
(c) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 318, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.38.htm
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- sha256 352e349a31ccba033570a8e1962ea110da867a233bdfe57122420c24b308f09a
- 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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