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arely staircase

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Wed Jun 26, 2013, 10:42 AM Jun 2013

Texas Penal Code, Title 8 CHAPTER 37. PERJURY AND OTHER FALSIFICATION [View all]

Sec. 37.10. TAMPERING WITH GOVERNMENTAL RECORD. (a) A person commits an offense if he(1) knowingly makes a false entry in, or false alteration of, a governmental record(2) makes, presents, or uses any record, document, or thing with knowledge of its falsity and with intent that it be taken as a genuine governmental record(3) intentionally destroys, conceals, removes, or otherwise impairs the verity, legibility, or availability of a governmental record(4) possesses, sells, or offers to sell a governmental record or a blank governmental record form with intent that it be used unlawfully(5) makes, presents, or uses a governmental record with knowledge of its falsity; or(6) possesses, sells, or offers to sell a governmental record or a blank governmental record form with knowledge that it was obtained unlawfully.(b) It is an exception to the application of Subsection (a)(3) that the governmental record is destroyed pursuant to legal authorization or transferred under Section 441.204, Government Code. With regard to the destruction of a local government record, legal authorization includes compliance with the provisions of Subtitle C, Title 6, Local Government Code.

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