Texas · Texas Penal Code

Tex. Penal Code § 32.52: FRAUDULENT, SUBSTANDARD, OR FICTITIOUS DEGREE

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

A person commits a Class B misdemeanor by knowingly using or claiming to hold a fraudulent, substandard, fictitious, or revoked degree in advertising, employment, licensing, education, or government contexts.

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