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CHAPTER 32. FRAUD
§ 32.47. FRAUDULENT DESTRUCTION, REMOVAL, OR CONCEALMENT OF WRITING.
(a) A person commits an offense if, with
intent to defraud or harm another, he destroys, removes, conceals,
alters, substitutes, or otherwise impairs the verity, legibility,
or availability of a writing, other than a governmental record.
(b) For purposes of this section, "writing" includes:
(1) printing or any other method of recording
information;
(2) money, coins, tokens, stamps, seals, credit cards,
badges, trademarks;
(3) symbols of value, right, privilege, or
identification; and
(4) universal product codes, labels, price tags, or
markings on goods.
(c) Except as provided in Subsection (d), an offense under
this section is a Class A misdemeanor.
(d) An offense under this section is a state jail felony if
the writing:
(1) is a will or codicil of another, whether or not the
maker is alive or dead and whether or not it has been admitted to
probate; or
(2) is a deed, mortgage, deed of trust, security
instrument, security agreement, or other writing for which the law
provides public recording or filing, whether or not the writing has
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