{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-140a.061","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Civil Practice and Remedies Code § 140A.061","heading":"DELIBERATE NONCOMPLIANCE.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person, with intent to avoid, evade, or prevent compliance with a civil investigative demand issued under this subchapter, knowingly removes from any place, conceals, withholds, destroys, mutilates, alters, or by any other means falsifies any documentary material or otherwise provides inaccurate information.\n(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by:\n(1) a fine of not more than $5,000;\n(2) confinement in a county jail for not more than one year; or\n(3) both a fine and confinement.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 685 (H.B. 29), Sec. 5, eff. September 1, 2017.","path":["CIVIL PRACTICE AND REMEDIES CODE","TITLE 6. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 140A. CIVIL RACKETEERING RELATED TO TRAFFICKING OF PERSONS","SUBCHAPTER B. PROCEDURES AND EVIDENCE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.140A.htm#140A.061","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:00Z","sha256":"db66b42cc19b8e253ada6ca90dc481667c8b719001361c810f5e76a77b012039","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-140a.060","next":"us-tx/tex.-civil-practice-and-remedies-code-140a.062"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}