Sec. 25.031. AGREEMENT TO ABDUCT FROM CUSTODY. (a) A person commits an offense if the person agrees, for remuneration or the promise of remuneration, to abduct a child younger than 18 years of age by force, threat of force, misrepresentation, stealth, or unlawful entry, knowing that the child is under the care and control of a person having custody or physical possession of the child under a court order, including a temporary order, or under the care and control of another person who is exercising care and control with the consent of a person having custody or physical possession under a court order, including a temporary order.
(b) An offense under this section is a state jail felony.
Added by Acts 1987, 70th Leg., ch. 444, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 1987. Amended by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 272 (H.B. 95), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2007.
Structure Texas Statutes
Title 6 - Offenses Against the Family
Chapter 25 - Offenses Against the Family
Section 25.02. Prohibited Sexual Conduct
Section 25.03. Interference With Child Custody
Section 25.031. Agreement to Abduct From Custody
Section 25.04. Enticing a Child
Section 25.05. Criminal Nonsupport
Section 25.06. Harboring Runaway Child
Section 25.071. Violation of Protective Order Preventing Offense Caused by Bias or Prejudice
Section 25.08. Sale or Purchase of Child
Section 25.081. Unregulated Custody Transfer of Adopted Child
Section 25.09. Advertising for Placement of Child
Section 25.10. Interference With Rights of Guardian of the Person