{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-38.13","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Penal Code § 38.13","heading":"HINDERING PROCEEDINGS BY DISORDERLY CONDUCT.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if he intentionally hinders an official proceeding by noise or violent or tumultuous behavior or disturbance.\n(b) A person commits an offense if he recklessly hinders an official proceeding by noise or violent or tumultuous behavior or disturbance and continues after explicit official request to desist.\n(c) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.\nAdded by Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 833, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.","path":["PENAL CODE","TITLE 8. OFFENSES AGAINST PUBLIC ADMINISTRATION","CHAPTER 38. OBSTRUCTING GOVERNMENTAL OPERATION"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.38.htm#38.13","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:34Z","sha256":"58bcbacc67195bc41ac5eb565d470ac5c83265f6b0fdf45dd435338bd2e06c22","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-38.123","next":"us-tx/tex.-penal-code-38.14"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}