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Tex. Penal Code § 37.081 — False report regarding missing child or missing person

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 § 37.081

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 § 37.081Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

(a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to deceive, the person knowingly: (1) files a false report of a missing child or missing person with a law enforcement officer or agency; or (2) makes a false statement to a law enforcement officer or other employee of a law enforcement agency relating to a missing child or missing person. (b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.

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