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

Tex. Penal Code § 22.10: LEAVING A CHILD IN A VEHICLE.

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  1. PENAL CODE
  2. TITLE 5. OFFENSES AGAINST THE PERSON
  3. CHAPTER 22. ASSAULTIVE OFFENSES

(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally or knowingly leaves a child in a motor vehicle for longer than five minutes, knowing that the child is:

(1) younger than seven years of age; and

(2) not attended by an individual in the vehicle who is 14 years of age or older.

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

Added by Acts 1984, 68th Leg., 2nd C.S., ch. 24, Sec. 1, eff. Oct. 2, 1984. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.

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