HOUSE BILL 1185 |
HOUSE AUTHOR: Hightower et al. |
EFFECTIVE: 05-21-97 |
SENATE SPONSOR: Armbrister |
House Bill 1185 amends the Penal Code to provide for a process to deal with the filing of fraudulent court documents. The act makes it an offense to file a fraudulent court document, to exercise a function of a public office that has no lawful existence, to deliver a document that simulates legal process, or to refuse to execute a release of a fraudulent lien or claim and provides for criminal sanctions. The act also creates an expedited judicial process that permits someone aggrieved by a fraudulent filing to obtain a court order declaring the filing to be fraudulent.