Texas § 552.351 DESTRUCTION, REMOVAL, OR ALTERATION OF PUBLIC INFORMATION.

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§ 552.351 — DESTRUCTION, REMOVAL, OR ALTERATION OF PUBLIC INFORMATION.

Texas § 552.351

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Tex. Government Code Code Ann. § 552.351 (2026).

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Sec. 552.351. DESTRUCTION, REMOVAL, OR ALTERATION OF PUBLIC INFORMATION.

(a)A person commits an offense if the person wilfully destroys, mutilates, removes without permission as provided by this chapter, or alters public information.

(b)An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by:

(1)a fine of not less than $25 or more than $4,000;

(2)confinement in the county jail for not less than three days or more than three months; or

(3)both the fine and confinement.

(c)It is an exception to the application of Subsection (a) that the public information was transferred under Section 441.204 .

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Sec. 552.351. DESTRUCTION, REMOVAL, OR ALTERATION OF PUBLIC INFORMATION. (a) A person commits an offense if the person wilfully destroys, mutilates, removes without permission as provided by this chapter, or alters public information.
(b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by:
(1) a fine of not less than $25 or more than $4,000;
(2) confinement in the county jail for not less than three days or more than three months; or
(3) both the fine and confinement.
(c) It is an exception to the application of Subsection (a) that the public information was transferred under Section 441.204 .

Legislative History

Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993. Amended by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 1035, Sec. 25, eff. Sept. 1, 1995; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 771, Sec. 2, eff. June 13, 2001.