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Tex. Government Code § 552.351

DESTRUCTION, REMOVAL, OR ALTERATION OF PUBLIC INFORMATION

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Tex. Government Code § 552.351, DESTRUCTION, REMOVAL, OR ALTERATION OF PUBLIC INFORMATION, Texas, version 1 as recorded 2026-07-09, yourstate.us, https://yourstate.us/provision/657267
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(a) A person commits an offense if the person wilfully destroys, mutilates, removes without permission as provided by this chapter, or alters public information. (b) An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by: (1) a fine of not less than $25 or more than $4,000; (2) confinement in the county jail for not less than three days or more than three months; or (3) both the fine and confinement. (c) It is an exception to the application of Subsection (a) that the public information was transferred under Section 441.204.