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Tex. Penal Code § 39.05 — Failure to report death of prisoner

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

Part of Chapter 39: ABUSE OF OFFICE, Texas Penal Code.

Full text of Tex. Penal Code § 39.05

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 § 39.05Primary source, current through the 89th Legislature, 2nd Called Session (2025)

(a) A person commits an offense if the person is required to conduct an investigation and file a report by Article 49.18 , Code of Criminal Procedure, and the person fails to investigate the death, fails to file the report as required, or fails to include in a filed report facts known or discovered in the investigation.

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