Texas · Texas Transportation Code

Tex. Transp. Code § 545.421: FLEEING OR ATTEMPTING TO ELUDE POLICE OFFICER; OFFENSE

Misdemeanor

What this law says, in plain English

Operating a motor vehicle and willfully failing to stop or fleeing from a pursuing police officer is a Class B misdemeanor, or Class A misdemeanor if the person recklessly endangers another during the offense.

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