Texas Statutes
§ 12.156 — CRIMINAL PENALTY.
Texas § 12.156
JurisdictionTexas
Code BOBusiness Organizations Code
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Bluebook
Tex. Business Organizations Code Code Ann. § 12.156 (2026).
Text
Sec. 12.156. CRIMINAL PENALTY.
(a)A managerial official or other individual having the authority to manage the affairs of a filing entity or foreign filing entity commits an offense if the official or individual fails or refuses to permit the attorney general to make an investigation of the entity or to examine or to make copies of a record of the entity.
(b)An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
SUBCHAPTER C. ENFORCEMENT LIEN
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Legislative History
Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 182, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 2006.
Nearby Sections
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§ 12.001
AUTHORITY OF SECRETARY OF STATE.§ 12.004
APPEALS FROM SECRETARY OF STATE.§ 12.152
REQUEST TO EXAMINE.§ 12.156
CRIMINAL PENALTY.§ 12.201
LIEN FOR LAW VIOLATIONS.§ 12.251
RECEIVER.§ 12.252
FORECLOSURE.§ 12.253
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Texas § 12.156, Counsel Stack Legal Research, https://law.counselstack.com/statute/tx/BO/12.156.