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Tex. Penal Code § 25.02 (2026)

Prohibited Sexual Conduct

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Sec. 25.02. PROHIBITED SEXUAL CONDUCT. (a) A person commits an offense if the person engages in sexual intercourse or deviate sexual intercourse with another person the actor knows to be, without regard to legitimacy:

(1) the actor's ancestor or descendant by blood or adoption;

(2) the actor's current or former stepchild or stepparent;

(3) the actor's parent's brother or sister of the whole or half blood;

(4) the actor's brother or sister of the whole or half blood or by adoption;

(5) the children of the actor's brother or sister of the whole or half blood or by adoption; or

(6) the son or daughter of the actor's aunt or uncle of the whole or half blood or by adoption.

(b) For purposes of this section:

(1) "Deviate sexual intercourse" means any contact between the genitals of one person and the mouth or anus of another person with intent to arouse or gratify the sexual desire of any person.

(2) "Sexual intercourse" means any penetration of the female sex organ by the male sex organ.

(c) An offense under this section is a felony of the third degree, unless the offense is committed under Subsection (a)(1), in which event the offense is a felony of the second degree.

Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.

Amended by:

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 268 (S.B. 6), Sec. 4.04, eff. September 1, 2005.

Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 673 (H.B. 2385), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2009.

Notes of Decisions
Cited in 38 cases (10 in the last 5 years), 1983–2026 · leading case: Phelps v. State, 532 S.W.3d 437 (Tex. App. 2017).
Phelps v. State, 532 S.W.3d 437 (Tex. App. 2017). · cites it 4× “Laws 883 , 921-22 (amended 1993, 2005, 2009) (current version at Tex. Penal Code § 25.02 (West 2011)). The.”
Dixon v. State, 2 S.W.3d 263 (Tex. Crim. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “Tex. Penal Code Ann. §§ 25.02 , 21.11, 22.”
Blake v. State, 971 S.W.2d 451 (Tex. Crim. App. 1998). · cites it 2× “See Tex. Penal Code § 25.02 (Prohibited Sexual Conduct [Incest]), § 21.”
Badillo v. State, 255 S.W.3d 125 (Tex. App. 2008). “” Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 25.02 (a)(2) (Vernon Supp.”
Commonwealth v. Rahim, 805 N.E.2d 13 (Mass. 2004). “§ 39-15-302 (LexisNexis 2003); Tex. Penal Code § 25.02 (West 2003); Utah Code Ann.”
Robert Michael Arteaga, Jr. v. State, 511 S.W.3d 675 (Tex. App. 2015). · cites it 3× “10 See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 25.02 (c) (West, Westlaw through 2015 R.”
Caleb Logan Hart v. State, 481 S.W.3d 679 (Tex. App. 2015). · cites it 2× “3 See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 25.02 (a)(5), (c).”
Senn v. State, 551 S.W.3d 172 (Tex. App. 2017). “Senn's notice of appeal states that he is appealing "from the judgments heretofore rendered against him," but he does not raise any issue on appeal related to his prohibited-sexual-conduct conviction.”
Martinez v. State, 662 S.W.2d 393 (Tex. App. 1983). “Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 25.02 (incest) requires proof of a relationship between the accused and the complainant.”
Duby v. State, 735 S.W.2d 555 (Tex. App. 1987). “The incest statute, Tex.Penal Code Ann. § 25.02 (Vernon 1974), provides that an individual commits an offense if he engages in sexual intercourse with a person he knows to be a descendant by blood or adoption.”
Biggins v. State, 73 S.W.3d 502 (Tex. App. 2002). “See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 25.02 (Vernon 1994).”
McCrory v. State, 854 S.W.2d 262 (Tex. App. 1993). “TEX.PENAL CODE ANN. § 25.02 (Vernon 1989) defines the offense and declares it to be a felony of the third degree.”
— Tex. Penal Code § 25.02(a)(1) — 5 cases
Phelps v. State, 532 S.W.3d 437 (Tex. App. 2017). “Laws 883 , 921-22 (amended 1993, 2005, 2009) (current version at Tex. Penal Code § 25.02 (West 2011)). The.”
Ex Parte Roger Pace (Tex. App. 2021).
Caleb Logan Hart v. State (Tex. App. 2015).
— Tex. Penal Code § 25.02(a)(2) — 5 cases
Ramos, Enrique Angel (Tex. Crim. App. 2021).
Nicolas Pena Jr. v. State (Tex. App. 2019).
— Tex. Penal Code § 25.02(a)(5) — 1 case
Caleb Logan Hart v. State (Tex. App. 2015).
— Tex. Penal Code § 25.02(b)(1) — 1 case
— Tex. Penal Code § 25.02(b)(2) — 1 case
Ramos, Enrique Angel (Tex. Crim. App. 2021).
— Tex. Penal Code § 25.02(c) — 4 cases
Robert Michael Arteaga, Jr. v. State, 511 S.W.3d 675 (Tex. App. 2015). “10 See Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 25.02 (c) (West, Westlaw through 2015 R.”
Jody Lynn Morris v. State (Tex. App. 2019).
Ramos, Enrique Angel (Tex. Crim. App. 2021).
Arteaga, Robert Michael Jr. (Tex. App. 2015).
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