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Tex. Penal Code § 37.02 — Perjury

Current through 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

Part of Chapter 37: PERJURY AND OTHER FALSIFICATION, Texas Penal Code.

Full text of Tex. Penal Code § 37.02

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.

Tex. Penal Code § 37.02Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

(a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to deceive and with knowledge of the statement's meaning: (1) he makes a false statement under oath or swears to the truth of a false statement previously made and the statement is required or authorized by law to be made under oath; or (2) he makes a false unsworn declaration under Chapter 132 , Civil Practice and Remedies Code. (b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

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