{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-37.081","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Penal Code § 37.081","heading":"FALSE REPORT REGARDING MISSING CHILD OR MISSING PERSON.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to deceive, the person knowingly:\n(1) files a false report of a missing child or missing person with a law enforcement officer or agency; or\n(2) makes a false statement to a law enforcement officer or other employee of a law enforcement agency relating to a missing child or missing person.\n(b) An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.\nAdded by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 200, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["PENAL CODE","TITLE 8. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 37. PERJURY AND OTHER FALSIFICATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.37.htm#37.081","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:34Z","sha256":"8c0e22cace48d1975bff4e8426c3bf39d0621f0f09b9dfd89bc0dca9004b3204","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-37.08","next":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-37.082"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}