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Tex. Finance Code § 89.101

CRIMINAL SLANDER

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Tex. Finance Code § 89.101, CRIMINAL SLANDER, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/645552
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(a) A person commits an offense if the person: (1) knowingly makes, utters, circulates, or transmits to another person a statement that is untrue and derogatory to the financial condition of an association; or (2) with intent to injure an association counsels, aids, procures, or induces another person to originate, make, utter, transmit, or circulate a statement or rumor that is untrue and derogatory to the financial condition of the association. (b) An offense under Subsection (a) is a state jail felony.