Criminal Simulation

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Contents 1 Degree 2 Statute(s) 3 Caselaw 4 Collateral Consequences 5 Notes

Degree

Criminal simulation is a class A misdemeanor.

Statute(s)

§ 32.22. CRIMINAL SIMULATION.

(a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to defraud or harm another:

     (1) he makes or alters an object, in whole or in part, so that it appears to have value because of age, antiquity, rarity, source, or authorship that it does not have;

     (2) he possesses an object so made or altered, with intent to sell, pass, or otherwise utter it; or

     (3) he authenticates or certifies an object so made or altered as genuine or as different from what it is.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, § 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, § 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.

Caselaw

Collateral Consequences

Could be construed to be a Crime of Moral Turpitude

Notes

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