Tex. Penal Code § 76.04 · Chapter 76. TERRORISTIC OFFENSES
HINDERING PROSECUTION OF TERRORISM.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to hinder the arrest, prosecution, conviction, or punishment of another for an offense under Section 76.02 or 76.03, the person:
(1) harbors or conceals the other;
(2) provides or aids in providing the other with any means of avoiding arrest or effecting escape;
(3) warns the other of impending discovery or apprehension; or
(4) tampers with any physical evidence that might aid in the discovery or apprehension of the other.
(b) An offense under this section is of the same degree as the offense under Section 76.02 or 76.03 for which the person committed the act described by Subsection (a).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 935 (S.B. 1518), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2023.
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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.76.htm
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