Tex. Tax Code § 154.520 · Subchapter I. PENALTIES
COUNTERFEIT STAMPS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person:
(1) prints, engraves, makes, duplicates, issues, sells, or circulates counterfeit stamps;
(2) possesses, with intent to use, sell, circulate, or pass, a counterfeit stamp;
(3) uses or consents to the use of a counterfeit stamp in the sale or offering for sale of cigarettes; or
(4) places or causes to be placed a counterfeit stamp on an individual package of cigarettes.
(b) An offense under this section is a felony punishable by confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not less than 2 years nor more than 20 years.
(c) Venue of a prosecution under this section is in Travis County.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1662, ch. 389, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.
Amended by:
Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.154, eff. September 1, 2009.
Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1334 (H.B. 4614), Sec. 20, eff. September 1, 2019.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TX/htm/TX.154.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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