Texas

Texas Penal Code

464 sections, each with the official text and a plain-English explanation of what it means for you.

• § 1.01 — SHORT TITLE
• § 1.02 — OBJECTIVES OF CODE
• § 1.03 — EFFECT OF CODE
• § 1.04 — TERRITORIAL JURISDICTION
• § 1.05 — CONSTRUCTION OF CODE
• § 1.06 — COMPUTATION OF AGE
• § 1.07 — DEFINITIONS
• § 1.08 — PREEMPTION
• § 1.09 — CONCURRENT JURISDICTION UNDER THIS CODE TO PROSECUTE OFFENSES THAT INVOLVE STATE PROPERTY
• § 1.10 — ENFORCEMENT OF CERTAIN FEDERAL LAWS REGULATING FIREARMS, FIREARM ACCESSORIES, AND FIREARM AMMUNITION
• § 12.01 — PUNISHMENT IN ACCORDANCE WITH CODE
• § 12.02 — CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENSES
• § 12.03 — CLASSIFICATION OF MISDEMEANORS
• § 12.04 — CLASSIFICATION OF FELONIES
• § 12.21 — CLASS A MISDEMEANOR
• § 12.22 — CLASS B MISDEMEANOR
• § 12.23 — CLASS C MISDEMEANOR
• § 12.31 — CAPITAL FELONY
• § 12.32 — FIRST DEGREE FELONY PUNISHMENT
• § 12.33 — SECOND DEGREE FELONY PUNISHMENT
• § 12.34 — THIRD DEGREE FELONY PUNISHMENT
• § 12.35 — STATE JAIL FELONY PUNISHMENT
• § 12.41 — CLASSIFICATION OF OFFENSES OUTSIDE THIS CODE
• § 12.42 — PENALTIES FOR REPEAT AND HABITUAL FELONY OFFENDERS ON TRIAL FOR FIRST, SECOND, OR THIRD DEGREE FELONY
• § 12.425 — PENALTIES FOR REPEAT AND HABITUAL FELONY OFFENDERS ON TRIAL FOR STATE JAIL FELONY
• § 12.43 — PENALTIES FOR REPEAT AND HABITUAL MISDEMEANOR OFFENDERS
• § 12.44 — REDUCTION OF STATE JAIL FELONY PUNISHMENT TO MISDEMEANOR PUNISHMENT
• § 12.45 — ADMISSION OF UNADJUDICATED OFFENSE
• § 12.46 — USE OF PRIOR CONVICTIONS
• § 12.47 — PENALTY IF OFFENSE COMMITTED BECAUSE OF BIAS OR PREJUDICE
• § 12.48 — CERTAIN OFFENSES RESULTING IN LOSS TO NURSING AND CONVALESCENT HOMES
• § 12.49 — PENALTY IF CONTROLLED SUBSTANCE USED TO COMMIT OFFENSE
• § 12.50 — PENALTY IF OFFENSE COMMITTED IN DISASTER AREA OR EVACUATED AREA
• § 12.501 — PENALTY FOR CERTAIN OFFENSES COMMITTED IN RETALIATION FOR OR ON ACCOUNT OF PERSON'S SERVICE OR STATUS AS PUBLIC SERVANT
• § 12.502 — PENALTY IF OFFENSE COMMITTED ON PREMISES OF POSTSECONDARY EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION
• § 12.503 — PENALTY IF METAL OR BODY ARMOR USED DURING COMMISSION OF OFFENSE
• § 12.51 — AUTHORIZED PUNISHMENTS FOR CORPORATIONS, ASSOCIATIONS, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANIES, AND OTHER BUSINESS ENTITIES
• § 15.01 — CRIMINAL ATTEMPT
• § 15.02 — CRIMINAL CONSPIRACY
• § 15.03 — CRIMINAL SOLICITATION
• § 15.031 — CRIMINAL SOLICITATION OF A MINOR
• § 15.032 — CHILD GROOMING
• § 15.04 — RENUNCIATION DEFENSE
• § 15.05 — NO OFFENSE
• § 16.01 — UNLAWFUL USE OF CRIMINAL INSTRUMENT OR MECHANICAL SECURITY DEVICE
• § 16.02 — UNLAWFUL INTERCEPTION, USE, OR DISCLOSURE OF WIRE, ORAL, OR ELECTRONIC COMMUNICATIONS
• § 16.03 — UNLAWFUL USE OF PEN REGISTER OR TRAP AND TRACE DEVICE
• § 16.04 — UNLAWFUL ACCESS TO STORED COMMUNICATIONS
• § 16.05 — ILLEGAL DIVULGENCE OF PUBLIC COMMUNICATIONS
• § 16.06 — UNLAWFUL INSTALLATION OF TRACKING DEVICE
• § 19.01 — TYPES OF CRIMINAL HOMICIDE
• § 19.02 — MURDER
• § 19.03 — CAPITAL MURDER
• § 19.04 — MANSLAUGHTER
• § 19.05 — CRIMINALLY NEGLIGENT HOMICIDE
• § 19.06 — APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN CONDUCT
• § 2.01 — PROOF BEYOND A REASONABLE DOUBT
• § 2.02 — EXCEPTION
• § 2.03 — DEFENSE
• § 2.04 — AFFIRMATIVE DEFENSE
• § 2.05 — PRESUMPTION
• § 20.01 — DEFINITIONS
• § 20.02 — UNLAWFUL RESTRAINT
• § 20.03 — KIDNAPPING
• § 20.04 — AGGRAVATED KIDNAPPING
• § 20.05 — SMUGGLING OF PERSONS
• § 20.06 — CONTINUOUS SMUGGLING OF PERSONS
• § 20.07 — OPERATION OF STASH HOUSE
• § 20A.01 — DEFINITIONS
• § 20A.02 — TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS
• § 20A.03 — CONTINUOUS TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS
• § 20A.04 — ACCOMPLICE WITNESS; TESTIMONY AND IMMUNITY
• § 20A.05 — PROSECUTION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL
• § 21.01 — DEFINITIONS
• § 21.02 — CONTINUOUS SEXUAL ABUSE OF YOUNG CHILD OR DISABLED INDIVIDUAL
• § 21.03 — CONTINUOUS SEXUAL ABUSE
• § 21.06 — HOMOSEXUAL CONDUCT
• § 21.07 — PUBLIC LEWDNESS.(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly engages in any of the following acts in a public
• § 21.08 — INDECENT EXPOSURE
• § 21.09 — BESTIALITY
• § 21.11 — INDECENCY WITH A CHILD
• § 21.12 — IMPROPER RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN EDUCATOR AND STUDENT
• § 21.15 — INVASIVE VISUAL RECORDING
• § 21.16 — UNLAWFUL DISCLOSURE OR PROMOTION OF INTIMATE VISUAL MATERIAL
• § 21.165 — UNLAWFUL PRODUCTION OR DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN SEXUALLY EXPLICIT MEDIA
• § 21.17 — VOYEURISM
• § 21.18 — SEXUAL COERCION
• § 21.19 — UNLAWFUL ELECTRONIC TRANSMISSION OF SEXUALLY EXPLICIT VISUAL MATERIAL
• § 22.01 — ASSAULT
• § 22.011 — SEXUAL ASSAULT
• § 22.012 — INDECENT ASSAULT
• § 22.02 — AGGRAVATED ASSAULT
• § 22.021 — AGGRAVATED SEXUAL ASSAULT
• § 22.04 — INJURY TO A CHILD, ELDERLY INDIVIDUAL, OR DISABLED INDIVIDUAL
• § 22.041 — ABANDONING OR ENDANGERING A CHILD, ELDERLY INDIVIDUAL, OR DISABLED INDIVIDUAL
• § 22.05 — DEADLY CONDUCT
• § 22.06 — CONSENT AS DEFENSE TO ASSAULTIVE CONDUCT
• § 22.07 — TERRORISTIC THREAT
• § 22.08 — AIDING SUICIDE
• § 22.09 — TAMPERING WITH CONSUMER PRODUCT
• § 22.10 — LEAVING A CHILD IN A VEHICLE
• § 22.11 — HARASSMENT BY PERSONS IN CERTAIN FACILITIES; HARASSMENT OF PUBLIC SERVANT
• § 22.12 — APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN CONDUCT
• § 25.01 — BIGAMY
• § 25.02 — PROHIBITED SEXUAL CONDUCT
• § 25.03 — INTERFERENCE WITH CHILD CUSTODY
• § 25.031 — AGREEMENT TO ABDUCT FROM CUSTODY
• § 25.04 — ENTICING A CHILD
• § 25.05 — CRIMINAL NONSUPPORT
• § 25.06 — HARBORING RUNAWAY CHILD
• § 25.07 — VIOLATION OF CERTAIN COURT ORDERS OR CONDITIONS OF BOND IN A FAMILY VIOLENCE, CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT, SEXUAL ASSAULT OR ABUSE, INDECENT ASSAULT, STALKING, OR TRAFFICKING CASE
• § 25.071 — VIOLATION OF PROTECTIVE ORDER PREVENTING OFFENSE CAUSED BY BIAS OR PREJUDICE
• § 25.072 — REPEATED VIOLATION OF CERTAIN COURT ORDERS OR CONDITIONS OF BOND IN FAMILY VIOLENCE, CHILD ABUSE OR NEGLECT, SEXUAL ASSAULT OR ABUSE, INDECENT ASSAULT, STALKING, OR TRAFFICKING CASE
• § 25.08 — SALE OR PURCHASE OF CHILD
• § 25.081 — UNREGULATED CUSTODY TRANSFER OF ADOPTED CHILD
• § 25.09 — ADVERTISING FOR PLACEMENT OF CHILD
• § 25.10 — INTERFERENCE WITH RIGHTS OF GUARDIAN OF THE PERSON
• § 25.11 — CONTINUOUS VIOLENCE AGAINST THE FAMILY
• § 28.01 — DEFINITIONS
• § 28.02 — ARSON
• § 28.03 — CRIMINAL MISCHIEF
• § 28.04 — RECKLESS DAMAGE OR DESTRUCTION
• § 28.05 — ACTOR'S INTEREST IN PROPERTY
• § 28.06 — AMOUNT OF PECUNIARY LOSS
• § 28.07 — INTERFERENCE WITH RAILROAD PROPERTY
• § 28.08 — GRAFFITI
• § 28.09 — DAMAGING CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE FACILITY
• § 28.10 — ENHANCED PENALTY FOR CERTAIN MISDEMEANORS OR STATE JAIL FELONIES
• § 29.01 — DEFINITIONS
• § 29.02 — ROBBERY
• § 29.03 — AGGRAVATED ROBBERY
• § 29.04 — JUGGING
• § 3.01 — DEFINITION
• § 3.02 — CONSOLIDATION AND JOINDER OF PROSECUTIONS
• § 3.03 — SENTENCES FOR OFFENSES ARISING OUT OF SAME CRIMINAL EPISODE
• § 3.04 — SEVERANCE
• § 30.01 — DEFINITIONS
• § 30.02 — BURGLARY
• § 30.03 — BURGLARY OF COIN-OPERATED OR COIN COLLECTION MACHINES
• § 30.04 — BURGLARY OF VEHICLES
• § 30.05 — CRIMINAL TRESPASS
• § 30.06 — TRESPASS BY LICENSE HOLDER WITH A CONCEALED HANDGUN
• § 30.07 — TRESPASS BY LICENSE HOLDER WITH AN OPENLY CARRIED HANDGUN
• § 31.01 — DEFINITIONS
• § 31.02 — CONSOLIDATION OF THEFT OFFENSES
• § 31.03 — THEFT
• § 31.04 — THEFT OF SERVICE
• § 31.05 — THEFT OF TRADE SECRETS
• § 31.06 — PRESUMPTION FOR THEFT BY CHECK OR SIMILAR SIGHT ORDER
• § 31.07 — UNAUTHORIZED USE OF A VEHICLE
• § 31.08 — VALUE
• § 31.09 — AGGREGATION OF AMOUNTS INVOLVED IN THEFT
• § 31.10 — ACTOR'S INTEREST IN PROPERTY
• § 31.11 — TAMPERING WITH IDENTIFICATION NUMBERS
• § 31.12 — THEFT OF OR TAMPERING WITH MULTICHANNEL VIDEO OR INFORMATION SERVICES
• § 31.13 — MANUFACTURE, DISTRIBUTION, OR ADVERTISEMENT OF MULTICHANNEL VIDEO OR INFORMATION SERVICES DEVICE
• § 31.14 — SALE OR LEASE OF MULTICHANNEL VIDEO OR INFORMATION SERVICES DEVICE
• § 31.15 — POSSESSION, MANUFACTURE, OR DISTRIBUTION OF CERTAIN INSTRUMENTS USED TO COMMIT RETAIL THEFT.(a) Repealed by
• § 31.16 — ORGANIZED RETAIL THEFT
• § 31.17 — UNAUTHORIZED ACQUISITION OR TRANSFER OF CERTAIN FINANCIAL INFORMATION
• § 31.18 — CARGO THEFT
• § 31.19 — THEFT OF PETROLEUM PRODUCT OR OIL AND GAS EQUIPMENT
• § 31.20 — MAIL THEFT
• § 31.21 — UNAUTHORIZED POSSESSION OF CATALYTIC CONVERTER
• § 31.22 — UNAUTHORIZED POSSESSION OF CERTAIN COPPER OR BRASS MATERIAL
• § 31.23 — REAL PROPERTY THEFT
• § 32.01 — DEFINITIONS
• § 32.02 — VALUE
• § 32.03 — AGGREGATION OF AMOUNTS INVOLVED IN FRAUD
• § 32.21 — FORGERY
• § 32.22 — CRIMINAL SIMULATION
• § 32.23 — TRADEMARK COUNTERFEITING
• § 32.24 — STEALING OR RECEIVING STOLEN CHECK OR SIMILAR SIGHT ORDER
• § 32.31 — CREDIT CARD OR DEBIT CARD ABUSE
• § 32.315 — FRAUDULENT USE OR POSSESSION OF CREDIT CARD OR DEBIT CARD INFORMATION
• § 32.32 — FALSE STATEMENT TO OBTAIN PROPERTY OR CREDIT OR IN THE PROVISION OF CERTAIN SERVICES
• § 32.33 — HINDERING SECURED CREDITORS
• § 32.34 — FRAUDULENT TRANSFER OF A MOTOR VEHICLE
• § 32.35 — CREDIT CARD TRANSACTION RECORD LAUNDERING
• § 32.41 — ISSUANCE OF BAD CHECK OR SIMILAR SIGHT ORDER
• § 32.42 — DECEPTIVE BUSINESS PRACTICES
• § 32.43 — COMMERCIAL BRIBERY
• § 32.44 — RIGGING PUBLICLY EXHIBITED CONTEST
• § 32.441 — ILLEGAL RECRUITMENT OF AN ATHLETE
• § 32.45 — MISAPPLICATION OF FIDUCIARY PROPERTY OR PROPERTY OF FINANCIAL INSTITUTION
• § 32.46 — FRAUDULENT SECURING OF DOCUMENT EXECUTION
• § 32.47 — FRAUDULENT DESTRUCTION, REMOVAL, OR CONCEALMENT OF WRITING
• § 32.48 — SIMULATING LEGAL PROCESS
• § 32.49 — REFUSAL TO EXECUTE RELEASE OF FRAUDULENT LIEN OR CLAIM
• § 32.50 — DECEPTIVE PREPARATION AND MARKETING OF ACADEMIC PRODUCT
• § 32.51 — FRAUDULENT USE OR POSSESSION OF IDENTIFYING INFORMATION
• § 32.52 — FRAUDULENT, SUBSTANDARD, OR FICTITIOUS DEGREE
• § 32.53 — EXPLOITATION OF CHILD, ELDERLY INDIVIDUAL, OR DISABLED INDIVIDUAL
• § 32.54 — FRAUDULENT OR FICTITIOUS MILITARY RECORD
• § 32.55 — FINANCIAL ABUSE OF ELDERLY INDIVIDUAL
• § 32.56.Sec — 32.56
• § 32.57 — FRAUDULENT SALE, RENTAL, OR LEASE OF RESIDENTIAL REAL PROPERTY
• § 32.60 — REAL PROPERTY FRAUD
• § 32.61 — MALICIOUS SOLICITATION OF DISASTER VICTIM OR FOR DISASTER RESPONSE OR RECOVERY
• § 33.01 — DEFINITIONS