{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-432.161","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Government Code § 432.161","heading":"FORGERY.","body":"A person subject to this chapter is guilty of forgery and shall be punished as a court-martial directs if the person, with intent to defraud:\n(1) falsely makes or alters a signature to a writing or any part of a writing that would, if genuine, apparently impose a legal liability on another or change his legal right or liability to his prejudice; or\n(2) utters, offers, issues, or transfers such a writing, known by him to be so made or altered.\nActs 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1987.","path":["GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 4. EXECUTIVE BRANCH","SUBTITLE C. STATE MILITARY FORCES AND VETERANS","CHAPTER 432. TEXAS CODE OF MILITARY JUSTICE","SUBCHAPTER J. PUNITIVE ARTICLES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.432.htm#432.161","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:16Z","sha256":"e6c1987d8817cfc2295fc8ce3e4068c24ad1baf24ca2a97ca0f5c99b15a9bbcc","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-432.160","next":"us-tx/tex.-government-code-432.162"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}