Record of a Fraudulent Court

From the Law Office of Alison Grinter in Dallas, Texas

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

Degree

Record of a Fraudulent Court is a Class A Misdemeanor unless the defendant has twice been convicted under this section, when it becomes a third degree felony

Statute(s)

§ 37.13. RECORD OF A FRAUDULENT COURT.

(a) A person commits an offense if the person makes, presents, or uses any
document or other record with:
(1) knowledge that the document or other record is not
a record of a court created under or established by the constitution
or laws of this state or of the United States; and
(2) the intent that the document or other record be
given the same legal effect as a record of a court created under or
established by the constitution or laws of this state or of the
United States.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor,
except that the offense is a felony of the third degree if it is
shown on the trial of the offense that the defendant has previously
been convicted under this section on two or more occasions.
(c) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this
section also constitutes an offense under Section 32.48 or 37.10,
the actor may be prosecuted under any of those sections.

Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 189, § 8, eff. May 21, 1997.