Texas Statutes
§ 162.206 — PENALTIES.
Texas § 162.206
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Code FAFamily Code
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Tex. Family Code Code Ann. § 162.206 (2026).
Text
Sec. 162.206. PENALTIES. A person who, under a compact entered into under this subchapter, knowingly obtains or attempts to obtain or aids or abets any person in obtaining, by means of a wilfully false statement or representation or by impersonation or other fraudulent device, any assistance on behalf of a child or other person to which the child or other person is not entitled, or assistance in an amount greater than that to which the child or other person is entitled, commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor. An offense under this section that also constitutes an offense under other law may be punished under either this section or the other applicable law.
SUBCHAPTER D. ADOPTION SERVICES BY THE DEPARTMENT OF
FAMILY AND PROTECTIVE SERVICES
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Related
Celis, Mauricio Rodriguez
(Court of Criminal Appeals of Texas, 2013)
Legislative History
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 846, Sec. 9, eff. June 16, 1995.
Nearby Sections
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§ 162.001
WHO MAY ADOPT AND BE ADOPTED.§ 162.002
PREREQUISITES TO PETITION.§ 162.003
ADOPTION EVALUATION.§ 162.0045
PREFERENTIAL SETTING.§ 162.0062
ACCESS TO INFORMATION.§ 162.0085
CRIMINAL HISTORY REPORT REQUIRED.§ 162.0086
INFORMATION REGARDING SIBLING ACCESS.§ 162.009
RESIDENCE WITH PETITIONER.§ 162.010
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