Texas · Texas Penal Code
Tex. Penal Code § 42.0601: FALSE REPORT TO INDUCE EMERGENCY RESPONSE
What this law says, in plain English
Making a false report of crime or emergency to law enforcement or emergency services, knowing it is false and reckless about causing emergency response and bodily injury, is a Class A misdemeanor—or a felony in certain circumstances involving prior convictions or serious injury/death.
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