Texas Business & Commerce Code - Section 36.27. Criminal Penalty--Fraudulent Filing
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§ 36.27. CRIMINAL PENALTY--FRAUDULENT FILING. (a) A
person may not knowingly or intentionally sign and present for
filing or cause to be presented for filing a document authorized or
required to be filed under this chapter if the document:
(1) indicates that the person signing the document has
the authority to act on behalf of the entity for which the document
is presented and the person does not have that authority;
(2) contains a material false statement; or
(3) is forged.
(b) A person who violates Subsection (a) of this section
commits an offense. An offense under this subsection is punishable
as if it were an offense under Section 37.10, Penal Code.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 327, § 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Section: 36.14 36.15 36.16 36.17 36.18 36.25 36.26 36.27 37.01 37.02 37.03 37.04 37.05 38.001 38.002
Last modified: August 10, 2007
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