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Tex. Penal Code § 38.09 — Implements for escape

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

Part of Chapter 38: OBSTRUCTING GOVERNMENTAL OPERATION, Texas Penal Code.

Full text of Tex. Penal Code § 38.09

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.

Tex. Penal Code § 38.09Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

(a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to facilitate escape, he introduces into a correctional facility, or provides a person in custody or an inmate with, a deadly weapon or anything that may be useful for escape. (b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree unless the actor introduced or provided a deadly weapon, in which event the offense is a felony of the second degree. (c) In this section, "correctional facility" means: (1) any place described by Section 1.07 (a)(14); or (2) a "secure correctional facility" or "secure detention facility" as those terms are defined by Section 51.02 , Family Code.

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