Texas § 38.19 INTENT TO DEFRAUD: CERTAIN OFFENSES.

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§ 38.19 — INTENT TO DEFRAUD: CERTAIN OFFENSES.

Texas § 38.19

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Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure Code Ann. § 38.19 (2026).

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Art. 38.19. INTENT TO DEFRAUD: CERTAIN OFFENSES.

(a)This article applies to the trial of an offense under any of the following sections of the Penal Code:

(1)Section 32.21 (Forgery);

(2)Section 32.31 (Credit Card or Debit Card Abuse);

(3)Section 32.51 (Fraudulent Use or Possession of Identifying Information); or

(4)Section 32.315 (Fraudulent Use or Possession of Credit Card or Debit Card Information).

(b)In the trial of an offense to which this article applies, the attorney representing the state is not required to prove that the defendant committed the act with intent to defraud any particular person. It is sufficient to prove that the offense was, in its nature, calculated to injure or defraud any of the sovereignties, bodies corporate or politic, officers or persons, named in the

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Art. 38.19. INTENT TO DEFRAUD: CERTAIN OFFENSES. (a) This article applies to the trial of an offense under any of the following sections of the Penal Code:
(1) Section 32.21 (Forgery);
(2) Section 32.31 (Credit Card or Debit Card Abuse);
(3) Section 32.51 (Fraudulent Use or Possession of Identifying Information); or
(4) Section 32.315 (Fraudulent Use or Possession of Credit Card or Debit Card Information).
(b) In the trial of an offense to which this article applies, the attorney representing the state is not required to prove that the defendant committed the act with intent to defraud any particular person. It is sufficient to prove that the offense was, in its nature, calculated to injure or defraud any of the sovereignties, bodies corporate or politic, officers or persons, named in the definition of the offense in the Penal Code.

Legislative History

Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 291 (H.B. 2624 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019. Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 544 (H.B. 272 ), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2025.