{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-32.56-3","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Penal Code § 32.56 (3)","heading":"FALSE, FRAUDULENT, OR FICTITIOUS DOCUMENT CONVEYING REAL PROPERTY INTEREST.","body":"Text of section as added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 817 (S.B. 1333), Sec. 2\nFor text of section as added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 19 (S.B. 1809), Sec. 1, see other Sec. 32.56.\nFor text of section as added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 814 (S.B. 1281), Sec. 3, see other Sec. 32.56.\nFor text of section as added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1154 (S.B. 2373), Sec. 2, see other Sec. 32.56.\n(a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to enter or remain on real property, the person knowingly presents to another person a false, fraudulent, or fictitious document purporting to be a lease agreement, deed, or other instrument conveying real property or an interest in real property.\n(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.\n(c) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under another law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.\nAdded by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 817 (S.B. 1333), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["PENAL CODE","TITLE 7. OFFENSES AGAINST PROPERTY","CHAPTER 32. FRAUD","SUBCHAPTER D. OTHER DECEPTIVE PRACTICES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.32.htm#32.56","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:34Z","sha256":"08897cdf0756e031ee8538615f15ee23b879722ef1c32f408efa6fdb6b22e7b6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-32.56-2","next":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-32.56-4"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}