Stealing or Receiving Stolen Check or Similar Sight Order

From the Law Office of Alison Grinter in Dallas, Texas

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

Degree

Stealing an unsigned check, or receiving one knowing it to be stolen, with the intent to use it is a class A misdemeanor.

Statute(s)

§ 32.24. STEALING OR RECEIVING STOLEN CHECK OR SIMILAR SIGHT ORDER.

(a) A person commits an offense if the person steals an unsigned check or similar sight order or, with knowledge that an unsigned check or similar sight order has been stolen, receives the check or sight order with intent to use it, to sell it, or to transfer it to a person other than the person from whom the check or sight order was stolen.

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

Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 1413, § 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.

Caselaw

Collateral Consequences

Could be construed to be a Crime of Moral Turpitude

Notes

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