Tex. Penal Code § 32.24
This is the official text of Tex. Penal Code § 32.24, part of Texas’s Penal Code — defines crimes and punishments in Texas.
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§ 32.24. STEALING OR RECEIVING STOLEN CHECK OR SIMILAR SIGHT ORDER.
Official statutory text
(a) A person commits an offense if the person steals an unsigned check or similar sight order or, with knowledge that an unsigned check or similar sight order has been stolen, receives the check or sight order with intent to use it, to sell it, or to transfer it to a person other than the person from whom the check or sight order was stolen.
(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.
(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.
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