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Texas Property Code § 24A.005

Offense

Access to Residence or Former Residence to Retrieve Personal Property

(a) A person commits an offense if the person interferes with a person or peace officer entering a residence and retrieving personal property under the authority of a writ issued under Section 24A.002 or 24A.0021.

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

(c) It is a defense to prosecution under this section that the actor did not receive a copy of the writ or other notice that the entry or property retrieval was authorized.

Official text of the Texas Property Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1076 (H.B. 2486), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2015.

Acts 2017, 85th Leg., R.S., Ch. 588 (S.B. 920), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2017.

This section refers to

§ 24A.002§ 24A.0021