2024 Texas Statutes
Government Code
Title 4 - Executive Branch
Subtitle C - State Military Forces and Veterans
Chapter 432 - Texas Code of Military Justice
Subchapter J. Punitive Articles
Section 432.161. Forgery

Universal Citation:
TX Govt Code § 432.161 (2024)
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Sec. 432.161. FORGERY. A person subject to this chapter is guilty of forgery and shall be punished as a court-martial directs if the person, with intent to defraud:

(1) falsely makes or alters a signature to a writing or any part of a writing that would, if genuine, apparently impose a legal liability on another or change his legal right or liability to his prejudice; or

(2) utters, offers, issues, or transfers such a writing, known by him to be so made or altered.

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.

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