{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-501.155","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 501.155","heading":"FALSE NAME, FALSE INFORMATION, AND FORGERY.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly provides false or incorrect information or without legal authority signs the name of another person on:\n(1) an application for a title;\n(2) an application for a certified copy of an original title;\n(3) an assignment of title for a motor vehicle;\n(4) a discharge of a lien on a title for a motor vehicle; or\n(5) any other document required by the department or necessary to the transfer of ownership of a motor vehicle.\n(b) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.\nAmended by:\nActs 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1296 (H.B. 2357), Sec. 66, eff. January 1, 2012.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE A. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES","CHAPTER 501. CERTIFICATE OF TITLE ACT","SUBCHAPTER H. PENALTIES AND OTHER ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.501.htm#501.155","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"3e30c3d1ca49982056f2966d1cebbe9196a5276c62b362490734dc53f504dfef","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-501.154","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-501.156"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}