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Tex. Gov't Code § 432.160

LARCENY AND WRONGFUL APPROPRIATION

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The act spans §§ 432.001 to 432.195 (133 sections).

Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 147, Sec. 1, eff

(a) A person subject to this chapter who wrongfully takes, obtains, or withholds, by any means, from the possession of the owner or any other person any money, personal property, or article of value of any kind:

(1) with intent permanently to deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit of property, or to appropriate it to his own use or the use of any person other than the owner, steals that property and is guilty of larceny; or

(2) with intent temporarily to deprive or defraud another person of the use and benefit of property or to appropriate it to his own use or the use of any person other than the owner, is guilty of wrongful appropriation.

(b) A person found guilty of larceny or wrongful appropriation shall be punished as a court-martial directs.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.