{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-122.254","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Finance Code § 122.254","heading":"FALSE STATEMENTS OR DOCUMENTS; DESTRUCTION OF RECORDS.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person, knowingly and with the intent to deceive:\n(1) makes a false entry on a record, report, or statement of a credit union; or\n(2) in connection with an examination or investigation of a credit union by the commissioner, a deputy commissioner, or the department's authorized examiner, exhibits a false paper, instrument, or security or gives under oath a false answer to a question directly related to the examination or investigation asked the person by the commissioner, the deputy commissioner, or the department's authorized examiner.\n(b) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly removes, destroys, or conceals a record of the credit union for the purpose of concealing a fact or information from the commissioner, a deputy commissioner, or the department's authorized examiner.\n(c) An offense under this section is a third degree felony.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["FINANCE CODE","TITLE 3. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES","SUBTITLE D. CREDIT UNIONS","CHAPTER 122. ORGANIZATIONAL AND FINANCIAL REQUIREMENTS","SUBCHAPTER F. MISCONDUCT AND ENFORCEMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.122.htm#122.254","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:13Z","sha256":"836ef28643c39b4350e5ec879d0f6a57fb897a1052e5b219ece5444c8574313c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-122.253","next":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-122.255"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}