Tex. Penal Code § 51.04 · Chapter 51. ILLEGAL ENTRY INTO THIS STATE
REFUSAL TO COMPLY WITH ORDER TO RETURN TO FOREIGN NATION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person who is an alien commits an offense if:
(1) the person has been charged with or convicted of an offense under this chapter;
(2) a magistrate or judge, as applicable, has issued an order under Article 5B.002, Code of Criminal Procedure, for the person to return to the foreign nation from which the person entered or attempted to enter; and
(3) the person refuses to comply with the order.
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the second degree.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., 4th C.S., Ch. 2 (S.B. 4), Sec. 2, eff. March 5, 2024.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.51.htm
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