Falsification or Forgery

Registration of Vehicles · Optional Fees

(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly provides false or incorrect information or without legal authority signs the name of another person on a statement or application filed or given as required by this chapter.

(b) Subsection (a) does not apply to a statement or application filed or given under Section 502.060, 502.093, 502.094, 502.095, 504.201, 504.202(b-1), 504.2025(d), 504.508, or 504.515.

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

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Legislative history

Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 165, Sec. 30.67(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 20.003(b), eff. September 1, 2005.

Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 161 (S.B. 1093), Sec. 20.013, eff. September 1, 2013.

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., R.S., Ch. 92 (S.B. 792), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2022.

Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 668 (H.B. 718), Sec. 8, eff. July 1, 2025.

Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 509 (S.B. 2001), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2025.

This section refers to

§ 502.060 § 502.093 § 502.094 § 502.095 § 504.201 § 504.202 § 504.2025 § 504.508 § 504.515