{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-406.113","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 406.113","heading":"WRONGFUL POSSESSION OF SOFTWARE OR HARDWARE; CRIMINAL OFFENSE.","body":"(a) A person who, without authorization, knowingly obtains, conceals, damages, or destroys the certificate, disk, coding, card, program, software, or hardware enabling an online notary public to affix an official electronic signature or seal commits an offense.\n(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.\nAdded by Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 340 (H.B. 1217), Sec. 3, eff. July 1, 2018.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE A. EXECUTIVE OFFICERS","CHAPTER 406. NOTARY PUBLIC; COMMISSIONER OF DEEDS","SUBCHAPTER C. ONLINE NOTARY PUBLIC"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.406.htm#406.113","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"24bab265fad58655e65c21f6809937373833016836d62004e6de15b5cea7dd36","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-406.112","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-411.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}