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Tex. Penal Code § 20.07 — Operation of stash house
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 20: KIDNAPPING, UNLAWFUL RESTRAINT, AND, Texas Penal Code.
Full text of Tex. Penal Code § 20.07
Statutory text current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025). This publication reproduces the official statutory text; it is not the official statutes of the State of Texas.
(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly: (1) uses or permits another to use any real estate, building, room, tent, vehicle, boat, or other property owned by the person or under the person's control to commit an offense or to facilitate the commission of an offense under Section 20.05 , 20.06 , 20A.02 , 20A.03 , 43.04 , or 43.05 ; or (2) rents or leases any property to another, intending that the property be used as described by Subdivision (1). (b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree with a minimum term of imprisonment of five years, except that the offense is a felony of the second degree with a minimum term of imprisonment of five years if: (1) the offense is committed under Subsection (a)(1) and the property that is the subject of the offense is used to commit or facilitate the commission of an offense under Section 20.06 , 20A.03 , or 43.05 ; or (2) it is shown on the trial of the offense that as a direct result of the commission of the offense: (A) an individual became a victim of sexual assault, as defined by Section 22.011 , or aggravated sexual assault, as defined by Section 22.021 ; or (B) an individual suffered serious bodily injury or death. (c) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under another law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.
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