False Report Regarding Missing Child or Missing Person

From the Law Office of Alison Grinter in Dallas, Texas

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

Degree

Filing a false report regarding a missing child or missing person is a class C misdemeanor.

Statute(s)

§ 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, § 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Caselaw

Collateral Consequences

False Report Regarding a Missing Child or Missing Person could be construed as a Crime of Moral Turpitude

This offense is listed as a deportable offense for non-citizen residents.

Notes

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