DEFINITIONS
Known as the Texas Theft Liability Act
The act spans §§ 134–134 (5 sections).
Applied in 26 court decisions — leading case AIR ROUTING INTERNATIONAL CORP.(CANADA) v. Britannia Airways, Ltd. (2004)
Most recently applied in Jerry Sanchez, Timothy Wiliams, and Jose Estrada v. James Daniel Boone (May 2019)
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 4.05(a), eff
Court decisions citing this, by year. The dip in the last several years is a data-coverage gap, not a real trend — our corpus holds fewer opinions from the most recent years, so recent citations are undercounted.
In this chapter:
(1) "Person" means an individual, partnership, corporation, association, or other group, however organized.
(2) "Theft" means unlawfully appropriating property or unlawfully obtaining services as described by Section 31.03, 31.04, 31.06, 31.07, 31.11, 31.12, 31.13, or 31.14, Penal Code.
Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.