{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-271.005","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Finance Code § 271.005","heading":"SUPPRESSION OF PHYSICAL EVIDENCE; CRIMINAL PENALTY.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly suppresses physical evidence connected with information contained in a report or return required by this chapter through concealment, alteration, or destruction.\n(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["FINANCE CODE","TITLE 3. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES","SUBTITLE Z. MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS RELATING TO FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES","CHAPTER 271. FINANCIAL TRANSACTION REPORTING REQUIREMENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.271.htm#271.005","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:13Z","sha256":"76013fef8740a3f22129cc4bfeb71a80e8671a6c45cf3f7274ccd0cf939e982a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-271.004","next":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-271.006"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}