Texas Codes

Tex. Elec. Code § 13.007 (2026)

False Statement On Application

✓ current as of May 2026

Find cases: SyfertCases citing this section TX-LEGstatutes.capitol.texas.gov Justiaon Justia CornellLII Search CasesGoogle Scholar

Sec. 13.007. FALSE STATEMENT ON APPLICATION. (a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally:

(1) makes a false statement; or

(2) requests, commands, coerces, or attempts to induce another person to make a false statement on a registration application.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class A misdemeanor, except that an offense under this section is a state jail felony if the person:

(1) directly or through a third party offers or provides compensation or other benefit to a person for activity described by Subsection (a); or

(2) solicits, receives, or accepts compensation or other benefit for an activity described by Subsection (a).

(c) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under another law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.

Acts 1985, 69th Leg., ch. 211, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1986. Amended by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 436, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1987; Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 797, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.

Amended by:

Acts 2021, 87th Leg., 2nd C.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 1), Sec. 2.02, eff. December 2, 2021.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 3 cases (1 in the last 5 years), 2012–2022 · leading case: Texas State LULAC v. Paxton, 52 F.4th 248 (5th Cir. 2022).

Sort: Relevance Newest Treatment

Texas State LULAC v. Paxton, 52 F.4th 248 (5th Cir. 2022). “” Tex. Elec. Code § 13.007(a) (emphasis added).”

Voting for Am., Inc. v. Andrade, 888 F. Supp. 2d 816 (S.D. Tex. 2012). “See Tex. Elec.Code Ann. § 13.007 (stating that a person commits an offense if he or she “knowingly makes a false statement or requests, commands, or attempts to induce another person to make a false statement on a registration application”).”

Crystal Mason v. State (Tex. App. 2020). · cites it 2× “§ 20511 (2) (West 2015) (fine and up to five years’ imprisonment); Tex. Elec. Code Ann. § 13.007 (class B misdemeanor to knowingly making false statement on registration application), § 276.”

— Tex. Elec. Code § 13.007(a) — 1 case

Texas State LULAC v. Paxton, 52 F.4th 248 (5th Cir. 2022). “” Tex. Elec. Code § 13.007(a) (emphasis added).”

Annotations are extracted automatically from the opinions in the Syfert caselaw corpus and ranked by authority, recency, and treatment. Dots show Syfertize treatment of the citing case itself.