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Texas Penal Code - Section 25.09. Advertising For Placement Of Child

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§ 25.09. ADVERTISING FOR PLACEMENT OF CHILD.  (a) A 
person commits an offense if the person advertises in the public 
media that the person will place a child for adoption or will 
provide or obtain a child for adoption.
	(b)  This section does not apply to a licensed child-placing 
agency that is identified in the advertisement as a licensed 
child-placing agency.
	(c)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor 
unless the person has been convicted previously under this section, 
in which event the offense is a felony of the third degree.
	(d)  In this section:                                                          
		(1)  "Child" has the meaning assigned by Section 
101.003, Family Code.      
		(2)  "Public media" has the meaning assigned by Section 
38.01.  The term also includes communications through the use of the 
Internet or another public computer network.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 561, § 31, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.          

Last modified: August 11, 2007