{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-502.410","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 502.410","heading":"FALSIFICATION OR 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 a statement or application filed or given as required by this chapter.\n(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a statement or application filed or given under Section 502.060, 502.093, 502.094, 502.095, 504.201, 504.202(b-1), 504.2025(d), 504.508, or 504.515.\n(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree.\nActs 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.67(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.\nAmended by:\nActs 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 20.003(b), eff. September 1, 2005.\nActs 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 20.013, eff. September 1, 2013.\nActs 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 92 (S.B. 792), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2022.\nActs 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 668 (H.B. 718), Sec. 8, eff. July 1, 2025.\nActs 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 509 (S.B. 2001), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE A. CERTIFICATES OF TITLE AND REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES","CHAPTER 502. REGISTRATION OF VEHICLES","SUBCHAPTER H. OPTIONAL FEES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.502.htm#502.410","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"3d5acd720ae52945bd5af0f909d1952e4857d4b04d65610af2df9c6ae9b31853","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-502.407","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-502.411"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}