TEXAS LAWS LIST
Trey Porter Law’s Texas Laws A-Z is your comprehensive resource for navigating the intricacies of Texas legislation. This platform provides detailed insights and up-to-date information on various legal codes, including the Texas Penal Code, Alcohol and Beverage Code, Texas Transportation Code, and Texas Health & Safety Code Offenses. Designed for legal professionals, educators, students, and anyone curious about the law, the encyclopedia offers accessible and reliable information to help understand and comply with the laws governing our state.
TEXAS PENAL CODE
The collection features expertly written blogs that break down complex legal jargon into clear, actionable knowledge. From the specifics of criminal offenses under the Texas Penal Code to the regulations in the Alcohol and Beverage Code, these articles provide thorough explanations and practical guidance. Whether you’re preparing for a class, researching a case, or exploring out of curiosity, this resource will equip you with the knowledge to confidently navigate the diverse landscape of Texas criminal law.
A
- Abandoning or Endangering Child in Texas
- Abuse of Corpse In Texas
- Abuse of Official Capacity in Texas
- Acceptance of Honorarium in Texas
- Accident Involving Damage to Vehicle (Failure to Give Information, resulting in Damage to Vehicle)
- Accident Involving Personal Injury or Death (“Fail to Stop & Render Aid – Injury/Death”)
- Advertising for Placement of Child in Texas
- Aggravated Assault in Texas
- Aggravated Kidnapping in Texas
- Aggravated Online Promotion of Prostitution
- Aggravated Perjury in Texas
- Aggravated Promotion of Prostitution
- Aggravated Robbery in Texas
- Aggravated Sexual Assault in Texas
- Agreement to Abduct from Custody in Texas
- Aiding Suicide in Texas
- ALR Hearing in Texas
- Arson in Texas
- Assault in Texas
- Assault in Texas
- Assembling or Operating an Amusement Ride While Intoxicated
- Attack on Assistance Animal in Texas
B
- Bail Jumping and Failure to Appear in Texas
- Barratry and Solicitation of Professional Employment in Texas
- Bestiality in Texas
- Bigamy in Texas
- Boating While Intoxicated
- Breach of Computer Security in Texas
- Bribery in Texas
- Burden of Proof in Texas
- Burglary in Texas
- Burglary of Coin-Operated or Coin Collection Machines in Texas
- Burglary of Vehicles
C
- Can You Be a Teacher with a DWI in Texas?
- Can You Buy a Gun With a DWI in Texas?
- Can You go to Jail for a DWI?
- Can You Lose Your CDL for DUI in Texas?
- Capital Murder
- Cargo Theft
- Class A Misdemeanors in Texas
- Class B Misdemeanor in Texas
- Class C Misdemeanors in Texas
- Cockfighting in Texas
- Coercing, Inducing, or Soliciting Membership in a Criminal Street Gang
- Coercion of Public Servant or Voter
- Constitutional Rights in Texas
- Continuous Sexual Abuse of Young Child or Children
- Continuous Smuggling of Persons
- Continuous Trafficking of Persons
- Continuous Violence Against the Family
- Contraband in Correctional Facility
- Commercial Bribery
- Communicating Gambling Information
- Compelling Prostitution
- Components of Explosives
- Credit Card or Debit Card Abuse
- Credit Card Transaction Record Laundering
- Criminal Attempt
- Criminal Charges in Texas
- Criminal Conspiracy
- Criminal Mischief
- Criminally Negligent Homicide
- Criminal Nonsupport
- Criminal Simulation
- Criminal Solicitation
- Criminal Solicitation of a Minor
- Criminal Trespass
- Cruelty to Livestock Animals in Texas
- Cruelty to Nonlivestock Animals in Texas
D
- Deadly Conduct in Texas
- Deadly Weapon in Penal Institution
- Deceptive Business Practices in Texas
- Deceptive Preparation and Marketing of Academic Product in Texas
- Deferred Adjudication in Texas
- Deferred Disposition in Texas
- Delivery of Controlled Substance or Marihuana to Child
- Delivery of Marihuana / Delivery of Marijuana
- Destruction of Flag in Texas
- Discharge of Firearm in Certain Municipalities
- Disclosure of Confidential Information Regarding Family Violence or Victims of Trafficking Shelter Center
- Disorderly Conduct in Texas
- Disrupting Meeting or Procession in Texas
- Directing Activities of Criminal Street Gangs
- Dog Fighting in Texas
- DWI Attorney Cost in Texas
- Driver’s Licenses
- Driving or Operating Watercraft Under the Influence of Alcohol by a Minor (“DUI“)
- Duty on Striking Structure, Fixture or Highway Landscaping
- Duty on Striking Unattended Vehicle
- DWLI in Texas
- Driving While License Invalid (DWLI)
- Driving While Intoxicated (“DWI”)
- DWI Bail in Texas
- DWI Blood Test inTexas
- DWI Charges
- DWI Consequences for Nurses in Texas
- DWI Cost in Texas
- DWI Deferred Adjudication in Texas
- DWI Expungement in Texas
- DWI First Offense in Texas
- DWI In Austin
- DWI License Suspension in Texas
- DWI Penalties in Texas
- DWI Probation in Texas
- DWI Second Offense in Texas
- DWI Third Offense in Texas
- DWI VS. DUI in Texas
- Driving While Intoxicated with Child Passenger
E
- Eighteenth Amendment
- Eighth Amendment
- Electronic Access Interference
- Electronic Data Tampering
- Electronic Transmission of Certain Visual Material Depicting Minor
- Eleventh Amendment
- Eligibility for a 12.44 Reduction?
- Engaging in Organized Criminal Activity
- Enticing a Child
- Employment Harmful to Children
- Escape
- Evading Arrest or Detention
- Exploitation of Child, Elderly Individual, or Disabled Individual
- Expungement
F
- Failing a Drug Test on Probation
- Failure to Appear in Texas
- Failure to Comply with Immigration Detainer Request
- Failure to Identify
- Failure to Stop or Report Aggravated Sexual Assault of Child
- Failure to Provide Notice and Report of Death of Resident of Institution
- Failure to Report Death of Prisoner
- Failure to Report Felony
- False Alarm or Report
- False Caller Identification Information Display
- False Identification as a Peace Officer; Misrepresentation of Property
- False Statement to Obtain Property or Credit or in the Provision of Certain Services
- False Statement Regarding Child Custody Determination Made in Foreign Country
- False Report to Induce Emergency Response
- False Report to Peace Officer, Federal Special Investigator, or Law Enforcement Employee
- False Report Regarding Missing Child or Missing Person
- Falsely Holding Oneself Out as a Lawyer
- Felony Charges
- Fifth Amendment
- Fifteenth Amendment
- Fighting a DWI charge?
- Financial Abuse of Elderly Individual
- FINRA – What Crimes Should Be Reported?
- Firearm Smuggling
- First Amendment
- Fleeing or Attempting to Elude Police Officer
- Flying While Intoxicated
- Forgery
- Fourth Amendment
- Fourteenth Amendment
- Fraudulent Destruction, Removal, or Concealment of Writing
- Fraudulent Filing of Financing Statement
- Fraudulent or Fictitious Military Record
- Fraudulent Securing of Document Execution
- Fraudulent, Substandard, or Fictitious Degree
- Fraudulent Transfer of a Motor Vehicle
- Fraudulent Use or Possession of Credit Card or Debit Card Information
- Fraudulent Use or Possession of Identifying Information
- Funeral Service Disruptions
G
H
- Harassment
- Harassment By Persons In Certain Correctional Facilities; Harassment of Public Servant
- Harboring Runaway Child
- Health Care Fraud
- Hindering Apprehension or Prosecution
- Hindering Proceedings by Disorderly Conduct
- Hindering Secured Creditors
- Hoax Bombs
- Homosexual Conduct (declared unconstitutional)
- How long does DWI stay on your record in Texas?
- How Much Does Insurance go up After DUI in Texas?
- How to beat a DWI charge in Texas
I
- Illegal Divulgence of Public Communications
- Illegal Recruitment of an Athlete
- Illumination of Aircraft by Intense Light
- Impersonating Public Servant
- Implements for Escape
- Implied Consent Law in Texas?
- Improper Contact with Victim
- Improper Influence
- Improper Relationship Between Educator and Student
- Indecency With a Child
- Indecent Assault
- Indecent Exposure
- Injury to a Child, Elderly Individual, or Disabled Individual
- Issuance of Bad Check or Similar Sight Order
- Insurance Fraud
- Interference With Child Custody
- Interference with Emergency Request For Assistance
- Interference with Police Service Animals
- Interference with Public Duties
- Interference with Radio Frequency Licensed to Government Entity
- Interference with Railroad Property
- Interference with Rights of Guardian of the Persons
- Intoxication Assault
- Intoxication Manslaughter
- Invasive Visual Recording
- Is a DWI a Misdemeanor or a Felony in Texas?
J
K
L
M
- Mail Theft
- Making a Firearm Accessible to a Child
- Manslaughter
- Manufacture, Delivery, or Possession of Miscellaneous Substances
- Manufacture, Distribution, or Advertisement of Multichannel Video or Information Services Device
- Manufacture or Delivery of Substance in Penalty Group 1
- Manufacture or Delivery of Substance in Penalty Group 1-A
- Manufacture or Delivery of Substance in Penalty Group 1-B
- Manufacture or Delivery of Substance in Penalty Group 2 or 2-A
- Manufacture or Delivery of Substance in Penalty Group 3 or 4
- Manufacture, Possession, or Delivery of Unlawful Telecommunications Device
- Marijuana Laws in Texas
- Misapplication of Fiduciary Property or Property of Financial Institution
- Misdemeanor Charges
- Misrepresentation of Age by a Minor
- Misrepresenting a Child as a Family Member at a Port of Entry
- Misuse of Official Information
- Money Laundering
- Motion to Suppress Evidence in Texas
- Murder
N
O
- Obscene Display or Distribution
- Obscenity
- Obstructing Highway or Other Passageway
- Obstruction or Retaliation
- Occupational License in Texas?
- Offering Gift to Public Servant
- Official Oppression
- Online Impersonation
- Online Promotion of Prostitution
- Online Solicitation of a Minor
- Open Container Laws Texas
- Operation of Stash House
- Organized Retail Theft
P
- Perjury
- Permitting or Facilitating Escape
- Places Weapons Prohibited
- Pleading Guilty to a DWI Charge
- Possession, Manufacture, or Distribution of Certain Instruments Used to Commit Retail Theft
- Preventing Execution of Civil Process
- Probation
- Probation Early Release in Texas
- Prohibition on Purchase and Sale of Adult Stem Cells for Certain Investigational Treatments
- Prohibition of the Purchase and Sale of Human Fetal Tissue
- Prohibition of the Purchase and Sale of Human Organs
- Prohibitions Relating to Certain Cigarettes
- Probation Violations in Texas
- Prohibited Camping
- Prohibited Sexual Conduct
- Prohibited Substances and Items in Correctional Facility
- Prohibited Weapons
- Promotion of Prostitution
- Prostitution
- Possession of Alcoholic Beverage in Motor Vehicle
- Possession of Gambling Device, Equipment, or Paraphernalia
- Possession of Marihuana / Possession of Marijuana
- Possession of Substance in Penalty Group 1 or 1-B
- Possession of Substance in Penalty Group 1-A
- Possession of Substance in Penalty Group 2
- Possession of Substance in Penalty Group 2-A
- Possession of Substance in Penalty Group 3
- Possession of Substance in Penalty Group 4
- Possession or Delivery of Drug Paraphernalia
- Possession or Promotion of Child Pornography
- Possession or Promotion of Lewd Visual Material Depicting Child
- Possession or Transport of Anhydrous Ammonia; Use Of Or Tampering With Equipment
- Possession or Transport of Certain Chemicals with Intent to Manufacture Controlled Substance
- Public Intoxication
- Publication of Telecommunications Access Device
- Public Lewdness
Q
R
- Racing on Highway
- Reckless Damage or Destruction
- Reckless Driving
- Record of a Fraudulent Court
- Refusal to Execute Release of Fraudulent Lien or Claim
- Repeated Violation of Certain Court Orders or Conditions of Bond in Family Violence, Child Abuse or Neglect, Sexual Assault or Abuse, Stalking, or Trafficking Case
- Resisting Arrest, Search, or Transportation
- Rigging Publicly Exhibited Contest
- Riot
- Robbery
S
- Sale, Distribution, or Display of Harmful Material to Minor
- Sale or Lease of Multichannel Video or Information Services Device
- Sale or Purchase of Child
- Sealing a DWI Charge in Texas
- Search and Seizure Laws in Texas
- Second Amendment
- Securities Fraud
- Seventeenth Amendment
- Seventh Amendment
- Sexual Assault
- Sexual Coercion
- Sexual Performance by a Child
- Silent or Abusive Calls to 9-1-1 Service
- Simulating Legal Process
- Sixteenth Amendment
- Sixth Amendment
- Speeding in Texas
- Smuggling of Persons
- Smoking Tobacco
- Solicitation of Prostitution
- Stalking
- Statute of Limitations on Crimes in Texas
- Stealing or Receiving Stolen Check or Similar Sight Order
- Street Racing in Texas?
T
- Taking or Attempting to Take Weapon From Peace Officer, Federal Special Investigator, Employee or Official of Correctional Facility, Parole Officer, Community Supervision and Corrections Department Officer, or Commissioned Security Officer
- Tampering With Consumer Product
- Tampering with Direct Recording Electronic Voting Machine
- Tampering With Governmental Record
- Tampering with Identification Numbers
- Tampering With or Fabricating Physical Evidence
- Tampering with Witness
- Tenth Amendment
- Terroristic Threat
- Theft
- Theft of or Tampering with Multichannel Video or Information Services
- Theft of Petroleum Product
- Theft of Service
- Theft of Telecommunications Service
- Theft of Trade Secrets
- Third Amendment
- Thirteenth Amendment
- Trademark Counterfeiting
- Trafficking of Persons
- Trespass by License Holder with a Concealed Handgun
- Trespass by License Holder with an Openly Carried Handgun
- Twelfth Amendment
- Twentieth Amendment
- Twenty-fifth Amendment
- Twenty-first Amendment
- Twenty-fourth Amendment
- Twenty-third Amendment
- Twenty-second Amendment
- Twenty-seventh Amendment
- Twenty-sixth Amendment
U
- Unauthorized Absence from Community Corrections Facility, County Correctional Center or Assignment Site
- Unauthorized Acquisition or Transfer of Certain Financial Information
- Unauthorized Use of a Vehicle
- Unauthorized Use of Telecommunications Service
- Unlawful Carrying Weapons (“UCW”)
- Unlawful Decryption
- Underage Drinking in Texas
- Unlawful Access to Stored Communications
- Unlawful Disclosure or Promotion of Intimate Visual Material
- Unlawful Electronic Transmission of Sexually Explicit Visual Material
- Unlawful Installation of Tracking Device
- Unlawful Interception, Use, or Disclosure of Wire, Oral, or Electronic Communications
- Unlawful Possession of Firearm
- Unlawful Possession of Metal or Body Armor by Felon
- Unauthorized Practice of Law
- Unlawful Restraint
- Unlawful Transfer of Certain Weapons
- Unlawful Use of Criminal Instrument or Mechanical Security Device
- Unlawful Use of Fireworks
- Unlawful Use of Pen Register or Trap and Trace Device
- Unregulated Custody Transfer of Adopted Child
- Use of Accident Report Information and Other Information for Pecuniary Gain
- Use of Laser Pointers
V
- Violation of Certain Court Orders or Conditions of Bond in a Family Violence, Child Abuse or Neglect, Sexual Assault or Abuse, Stalking, or Trafficking Case
- Violation of Court Order Enjoining Organized Criminal Activity
- Violation of Protective Order Preventing Offense Caused By Bias or Prejudice
- Violations of the Civil Rights of Person in Custody; Improper Sexual Activity with Person in Custody
- Voyeurism
W
- What Disqualifies You From Getting A License To Carry In Texas?
- When Can You Buy Alcohol in Texas?
- Who Can Carry a Gun in Texas?
- Will a DWI affect a background check?
- Will You Get Kicked out of Military for DUI?