{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-545.4205","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Transportation Code § 545.4205","heading":"INTERFERENCE WITH PEACE OFFICER INVESTIGATION OF HIGHWAY RACING OR RECKLESS DRIVING EXHIBITION; CRIMINAL OFFENSE.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person uses the person's body, a car, or a barricade to knowingly impede or otherwise interfere with a peace officer's investigation of conduct prohibited under Section 545.420 or a reckless driving exhibition, as defined by Section 42.03, Penal Code.\n(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.\n(c) If conduct constituting an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.\nAdded by Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 949 (S.B. 1495), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2021.","path":["TRANSPORTATION CODE","TITLE 7. VEHICLES AND TRAFFIC","SUBTITLE C. RULES OF THE ROAD","CHAPTER 545. OPERATION AND MOVEMENT OF VEHICLES","SUBCHAPTER I. MISCELLANEOUS RULES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/TN/htm/TN.545.htm#545.4205","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:44Z","sha256":"cab91924d13d8d2895f33b3c3930743e62c5f7a039225f125079361792751d44","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-545.420","next":"us-tx/tex.-transportation-code-545.421"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}