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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Government Code § 406.113: WRONGFUL POSSESSION OF SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE; CRIMINAL OFFENSE.

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  1. GOVERNMENT CODE
  2. TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH
  3. SUBTITLE A. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS
  4. CHAPTER 406. NOTARY PUBLIC; COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS
  5. SUBCHAPTER C. ONLINE NOTARY PUBLIC

(a) A person who, without authorization, knowingly obtains, conceals, damages, or destroys the certificate, disk, coding, card, program, software, or hardware enabling an online notary public to affix an official electronic signature or seal commits an offense.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

Added by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 340 (H.B. 1217), Sec. 3, eff. July 1, 2018.

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:16Z. Source file · JSON

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