{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-tax-code-154.520","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Tax Code § 154.520","heading":"COUNTERFEIT STAMPS.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person:\n(1) prints, engraves, makes, duplicates, issues, sells, or circulates counterfeit stamps;\n(2) possesses, with intent to use, sell, circulate, or pass, a counterfeit stamp;\n(3) uses or consents to the use of a counterfeit stamp in the sale or offering for sale of cigarettes; or\n(4) places or causes to be placed a counterfeit stamp on an individual package of cigarettes.\n(b) An offense under this section is a felony punishable by confinement in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice for not less than 2 years nor more than 20 years.\n(c) Venue of a prosecution under this section is in Travis County.\nActs 1981, 67th Leg., p. 1662, ch. 389, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1982.\nAmended by:\nActs 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 87 (S.B. 1969), Sec. 25.154, eff. September 1, 2009.\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1334 (H.B. 4614), Sec. 20, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["TAX CODE","TITLE 2. STATE TAXATION","SUBTITLE E. SALES, EXCISE, AND USE TAXES","CHAPTER 154. CIGARETTE TAX","SUBCHAPTER I. PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TX/htm/TX.154.htm#154.520","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:41Z","sha256":"9c00a4b18432a5f89e58b0f63cdee63f181a911bad8a712200710939e4406121","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-tax-code-154.519","next":"us-tx/tex.-tax-code-154.601"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}