{"id":84,"date":"2022-04-15T09:33:45","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T09:33:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/texas-statutes\/?page_id=84"},"modified":"2022-05-13T20:22:37","modified_gmt":"2022-05-13T20:22:37","slug":"texas-penal-code-37-09-tampering-with-or-fabricating-physical-evidence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/texas-statutes\/texas-penal-code-37-09-tampering-with-or-fabricating-physical-evidence\/","title":{"rendered":"Texas Penal Code 37.09 Tampering With or Fabricating Physical Evidence"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-l1yos6p7-398ff66e1b489e9358cef7342e131550\">\n#top .av-special-heading.av-l1yos6p7-398ff66e1b489e9358cef7342e131550{\npadding-bottom:10px;\n}\nbody .av-special-heading.av-l1yos6p7-398ff66e1b489e9358cef7342e131550 .av-special-heading-tag .heading-char{\nfont-size:25px;\n}\n.av-special-heading.av-l1yos6p7-398ff66e1b489e9358cef7342e131550 .av-subheading{\nfont-size:15px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='av-special-heading av-l1yos6p7-398ff66e1b489e9358cef7342e131550 av-special-heading-h1 blockquote modern-quote  avia-builder-el-0  el_before_av_hr  avia-builder-el-first '><div class='av-subheading av-subheading_above'><p>Texas<\/p>\n<\/div><h1 class='av-special-heading-tag '  itemprop=\"headline\"  >Texas Penal Code  \u00a7 37.09<\/h1><div class=\"special-heading-border\"><div class=\"special-heading-inner-border\"><\/div><\/div><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-2t29c-c32d13435d90d63253659d2b9c02face\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-2t29c-c32d13435d90d63253659d2b9c02face{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-2t29c-c32d13435d90d63253659d2b9c02face hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-1  el_after_av_heading  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-29alw-35eec57bd4f51b93735cbb3bdaed5ddb '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><p><a href=\"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/\">CrowdSourceLawyers.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-1krfg-6b6292ca58dbb73c97d150c06fa2c025\">\n#top .avia_search_element.av-1krfg-6b6292ca58dbb73c97d150c06fa2c025 .av_searchform_wrapper{\nborder-color:#edae44;\nbackground-color:#edae44;\n}\n#top .avia_search_element.av-1krfg-6b6292ca58dbb73c97d150c06fa2c025 #s.av-input-field{\nfont-size:20px;\n}\n#top .avia_search_element.av-1krfg-6b6292ca58dbb73c97d150c06fa2c025 .av-input-field-icon.av-search-icon{\nfont-size:20px;\n}\n#top .avia_search_element.av-1krfg-6b6292ca58dbb73c97d150c06fa2c025 .av-input-field-icon.av-search-icon.avia-svg-icon svg:first-child{\nheight:20px;\nwidth:20px;\n}\n#top .avia_search_element.av-1krfg-6b6292ca58dbb73c97d150c06fa2c025 #searchsubmit{\nbackground-color:#edae44;\n}\n#top .avia_search_element.av-1krfg-6b6292ca58dbb73c97d150c06fa2c025 .av_searchsubmit_wrapper{\nbackground-color:#edae44;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='avia_search_element av-1krfg-6b6292ca58dbb73c97d150c06fa2c025  avia-builder-el-3  el_after_av_textblock  el_before_av_hr '><search><form action='https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/texas-statutes\/' id='searchform_element' method='get' class='' data-element_id='av-1krfg-6b6292ca58dbb73c97d150c06fa2c025' ><div class='av_searchform_wrapper'><input type='search' value='' id='s' name='s' placeholder='Search Texas Statutes' aria-label='Search Texas Statutes' class='av-input-field ' required \/><div class='av_searchsubmit_wrapper '><input type='submit' value='Find' id='searchsubmit' class='button ' title='View results on search page' aria-label='View results on search page' \/><\/div><input type='hidden' name='numberposts' value='10' \/><input type='hidden' name='results_hide_fields' value='meta,image' \/><\/div><\/form><\/search><\/div>\n\n<style type=\"text\/css\" data-created_by=\"avia_inline_auto\" id=\"style-css-av-p70c-f101aa0a2a444fe4885eae9dbfda3c20\">\n#top .hr.hr-invisible.av-p70c-f101aa0a2a444fe4885eae9dbfda3c20{\nheight:50px;\n}\n<\/style>\n<div  class='hr av-p70c-f101aa0a2a444fe4885eae9dbfda3c20 hr-invisible  avia-builder-el-4  el_after_avia_sc_search  el_before_av_textblock '><span class='hr-inner '><span class=\"hr-inner-style\"><\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<section  class='av_textblock_section av-l1yosumo-2ca02ed112ab7726e0d3935a45567e69 '   itemscope=\"itemscope\" itemtype=\"https:\/\/schema.org\/CreativeWork\" ><div class='avia_textblock'  itemprop=\"text\" ><h2>Texas Penal Code &#8211; PENAL \u00a7 37.09. Tampering With or Fabricating Physical Evidence<\/h2>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(a)\u2002A person commits an offense if, knowing that an investigation or official proceeding is pending or in progress, he:<\/p>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(1)\u2002alters, destroys, or conceals any record, document, or thing with intent to impair its verity, legibility, or availability as evidence in the investigation or official proceeding; \u2009or<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(2)\u2002makes, presents, or uses any record, document, or thing with knowledge of its falsity and with intent to affect the course or outcome of the investigation or official proceeding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(b)\u2002This section shall not apply if the record, document, or thing concealed is privileged or is the work product of the parties to the investigation or official proceeding.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(c)\u2002An offense under Subsection (a) or Subsection (d)(1) is a felony of the third degree, unless the thing altered, destroyed, or concealed is a human corpse, in which case the offense is a felony of the second degree. \u2002An offense under Subsection (d)(2) is a Class A misdemeanor.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(c-1)\u2002It is a defense to prosecution under Subsection (a) or (d)(1) that the record, document, or thing was visual material prohibited under\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 43.261\u00a0<\/span>that was destroyed as described by Subsection (f)(3)(B) of that section.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(d)\u2002A person commits an offense if the person:<\/p>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(1)\u2002knowing that an offense has been committed, alters, destroys, or conceals any record, document, or thing with intent to impair its verity, legibility, or availability as evidence in any subsequent investigation of or official proceeding related to the offense; \u2009or<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p style=\"padding-left: 40px\">(2)\u2002observes a human corpse under circumstances in which a reasonable person would believe that an offense had been committed, knows or reasonably should know that a law enforcement agency is not aware of the existence of or location of the corpse, and fails to report the existence of and location of the corpse to a law enforcement agency.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"subsection\">\n<p>(e)\u2002In this section, \u201chuman corpse\u201d has the meaning assigned by\u00a0<span class=\"cite\">Section 42.08\u00a0<\/span>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><br class=\"avia-permanent-lb\" \/><\/p>\n<hr \/>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/crowdsourcelawyers.com\/\">CrowdSourceLawyers.com<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/section>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":8,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-84","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - 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