{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-252.006","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Business \u0026 Commerce Code § 252.006","heading":"FRAUDULENTLY INDUCING ISSUANCE OF BILL OF LADING.","body":"(a) A person may not, with intent to defraud, induce an agent of a common carrier to:\n(1) issue to the person a bill of lading; or\n(2) materially misrepresent in a bill of lading issued on behalf of the common carrier the quantity of goods described in the bill of lading.\n(b) A person who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a felony punishable by imprisonment in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for a term of not more than five years or less than two years.\nAdded by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.","path":["BUSINESS AND COMMERCE CODE","TITLE 7. RECEIPTS, DOCUMENTS OF TITLE, AND OTHER INSTRUMENTS","CHAPTER 252. BILLS OF LADING"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.252.htm#252.006","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:46:56Z","sha256":"ffddb4a3f58ddf2211b134b699160877ccdb1e961dc86b6e8d4feb2671aa8fa4","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-252.005","next":"us-tx/tex.-business-commerce-code-252.007"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}