Tex. Transp. Code § 501.155 · Subchapter H. PENALTIES AND OTHER ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS
FALSE NAME, FALSE INFORMATION, AND FORGERY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly provides false or incorrect information or without legal authority signs the name of another person on:
(1) an application for a title;
(2) an application for a certified copy of an original title;
(3) an assignment of title for a motor vehicle;
(4) a discharge of a lien on a title for a motor vehicle; or
(5) any other document required by the department or necessary to the transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle.
(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
Amended by:
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 66, eff. January 1, 2012.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.501.htm
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- 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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