TAMPER W/GOV REC-INS DOC-DEFRAUD/HARM IAT

Texas Penal Code § 37.10 prohibits tampering with a governmental record. This charge, under § 37.10(d)(3), involves a motor vehicle insurance document, a governmental record described by Texas Penal Code § 37.01(2)(D), which covers a standard proof of motor vehicle liability insurance form, an insurance company certificate, an evidence of financial responsibility, or a document purporting to be such a form or certificate that was not issued by an authorized insurer. The underlying conduct may be any mode listed in § 37.10(a), including making a false entry or alteration, presenting or using a false record as genuine, destroying or concealing the record, or unlawfully possessing or selling it or a blank form. The offense is a second-degree felony because the State alleges the defendant's intent in committing the offense was to defraud or harm another, an element that overrides the lower grades otherwise applicable to insurance-document records.

Ranges are the statutory maximums for the level; enhancements, prior convictions and plea agreements change what is actually imposed.

Across 504 Texas bail settings for this charge (4 counties, Apr 2022 – Jun 2025), the median cash or surety bond was $10,000 (middle half: $5,000 – $20,000). 21% of defendants were released on a personal bond, and bail was denied in 40 cases. When this was the only charge at booking (153 records), the median was $10,000 and 58% got a personal bond.

Showing the 4 counties with the most records; use the selector for any county with at least 30. Per-charge bond settings on original magistrations, from Texas OCA bail reporting under SB 6. Bail is set case by case — these are statistics, not a prediction.

• TAMPER W/GOVERNMENT RECORD § 37.10(c)(1)
• TAMPER W/GOVERN RECORD DEFRAUD/HARM § 37.10(c)(1)
• TAMPER W/GOVERN RCD LIC/SEAL DEFRAUD/HARM IAT § 37.10(c)(2)(a)
• TAMPER W/GOV REC-INS DOC (A)(1,3,4,6) IAT § 37.10(d)(2)