{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-202.008","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Local Government Code § 202.008","heading":"PENALTY: DESTRUCTION OR ALIENATION OF RECORD.","body":"An officer or employee of a local government commits an offense if the officer or employee knowingly or intentionally violates this subtitle or rules adopted under it by destroying or alienating a local government record in contravention of this subtitle or by intentionally failing to deliver records to a successor in office as provided by Section 201.006(a). An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.\nAdded by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 1248, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1989.","path":["LOCAL GOVERNMENT CODE","TITLE 6. RECORDS","SUBTITLE C. RECORDS PROVISIONS APPLYING TO MORE THAN ONE TYPE OF LOCAL GOVERNMENT","CHAPTER 202. DESTRUCTION AND ALIENATION OF RECORDS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/LG/htm/LG.202.htm#202.008","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:27Z","sha256":"9b164fd05e7d356419bfec8a5d14e80adb0e1f7bd41d6660c5c182e55ec3aaa0","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-202.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-local-government-code-202.009"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}