Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 13A.262

Current with legislation from the 2023 Regular and Special Sessions signed by the Governor as of November 21, 2023.

Section 13A.262 - [Effective 1/1/2025] Mortgage Fraud

(a) In this article, "real estate transaction" means a sale, lease, trade, exchange, gift, grant, or other conveyance of a real property interest.

(b) Any offense under Chapter 32, Penal Code, that involves a real estate transaction may be prosecuted in:

(1) the county in which the property is located;

(2) any county in which part of the transaction occurred, including the generation of documentation supporting the transaction; or

(3) if the offense is an offense under Section 32.46, 32.48, or 32.49, Penal Code, any county described by Subdivision (1) or (2) or authorized by Article 13A.259. (Code Crim. Proc., Art. 13.271.)

Tex. Code Crim. Proc. § 13A.262

Added by Acts 2023, Texas Acts of the 88th Leg.- Regular Session, ch. 765,Sec. 1.001, eff. 1/1/2025.