Texas statute
Tex. Penal Code § 25.09 — Advertising for placement of child
Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)
Part of Chapter 25: OFFENSES AGAINST THE FAMILY, Texas Penal Code.
Full text of Tex. Penal Code § 25.09
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 advertises in the public media that the person will place, provide, or obtain a child for adoption or any other form of permanent physical custody of the child. (b) This section does not apply to a licensed child-placing agency that is identified in the advertisement as a licensed child-placing agency. (c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor unless the person has been convicted previously under this section, in which event the offense is a felony of the third degree. (d) In this section: (1) "Child" has the meaning assigned by Section 101.003 , Family Code. (2) "Public media" has the meaning assigned by Section 38.01 . The term also includes communications through the use of the Internet or another public computer network.
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