Tex. Penal Code Section 37.081
False Report Regarding Missing Child or Missing Person

(a)

A person commits an offense if, with intent to deceive, the person knowingly:

(1)

files a false report of a missing child or missing person with a law enforcement officer or agency; or

(2)

makes a false statement to a law enforcement officer or other employee of a law enforcement agency relating to a missing child or missing person.

(b)

An offense under this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 200, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Source: Section 37.081 — False Report Regarding Missing Child or Missing Person, https://statutes.­capitol.­texas.­gov/Docs/PE/htm/PE.­37.­htm#37.­081 (accessed Apr. 20, 2024).

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