{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-32.24","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Penal Code § 32.24","heading":"STEALING OR RECEIVING STOLEN CHECK OR SIMILAR SIGHT ORDER.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person steals an unsigned check or similar sight order or, with knowledge that an unsigned check or similar sight order has been stolen, receives the check or sight order with intent to use it, to sell it, or to transfer it to a person other than the person from whom the check or sight order was stolen.\n(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1413, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.\nAmended by:\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 832 (S.B. 1451), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["PENAL CODE","TITLE 7. OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY","CHAPTER 32. FRAUD","SUBCHAPTER B. FORGERY"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.32.htm#32.24","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:34Z","sha256":"e4950b2396e6f1c5b497ad47b5c863c25dbea2e05894a6342d6f53c21848495d","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-32.23","next":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-32.31"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}