Tex. Penal Code § 46.041 · Chapter 46. WEAPONS
UNLAWFUL POSSESSION OF METAL OR BODY ARMOR BY FELON.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) In this section, "metal or body armor" means any body covering manifestly designed, made, or adapted for the purpose of protecting a person against gunfire.
(b) A person who has been convicted of a felony commits an offense if after the conviction the person possesses metal or body armor.
(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 452, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.46.htm
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- sha256 6315c0216a63aeb5d99d46ea47f55ed872213ec4e254e5e876916a6dc2dcca52
- 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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