Felony Offenses in the Texas Penal Code

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Texas Penal Code, Section 32.22 - Criminal Simulation

CHAPTER 32. FRAUD

§ 32.22.  CRIMINAL SIMULATION.  
        (a)  A person commits an offense if, with intent to defraud or harm another:
                (1)  he makes or alters an object, in whole or in part, so that it appears to have value because of age, antiquity, rarity, source, or authorship that it does not have;
                (2)  he possesses an object so made or altered, with intent to sell, pass, or otherwise utter it;  or
                (3)  he authenticates or certifies an object so made or altered as genuine or as different from what it is.
        (b)  An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor.

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