Destrucción y Ocultación Fraudulenta de Documentos

Sec. 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 by Subsection (d), an offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, provided that: (1) the writing is not attached to tangible property to Statute text rendered on: 1/1/2025 - 257 - PENAL CODE indicate the price for the sale of that property; and (2) the actor did not engage in the conduct described by Subsection (a) with respect to that writing for the purpose of obtaining the property for a lesser price indicated by a separate writing. (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 been