Texas · Texas Penal Code
Tex. Penal Code § 46.08: HOAX BOMBS
Misdemeanor
What this law says, in plain English
A person commits a Class A misdemeanor by knowingly making, selling, buying, transporting, or possessing a fake bomb intending to deceive someone it is real or cause emergency responders to react.
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