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TX Penal Code § 7.21 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 2 - General Principles of Criminal Responsibility|Chapter 7 - Criminal Responsibility for Conduct of Another|Subchapter B. Corporations, Associations, Limited Liability Companies, and Other Business Entities|Section 7.21. Definitions

Sec. 7.21.  DEFINITIONS.  In this subchapter:(1)  "Agent" means a director, officer, employee, or other person authorized to act in behalf of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity.(1-a)  "Business entity" means an entity or organization governed by the Business Organizations Code, other than a corporation, association, or limited liability company.(2)  "High managerial agent" means:(A)  a partner in a partnership;(B)  an officer of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity;(C)  an agent of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity who has duties of such responsibility that the agent's conduct reasonably may be assumed to represent the policy of the corporation, association, limited liability company, or other business entity.|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 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1258), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Penal Code § 7.22 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 2 - General Principles of Criminal Responsibility|Chapter 7 - Criminal Responsibility for Conduct of Another|Subchapter B. Corporations, Associations, Limited Liability Companies, and Other Business Entities|Section 7.22. Criminal Responsibility of Corporation, Association, Limited Liability Company, or Other Business Entity

Sec. 7.22.  CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY OF CORPORATION, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, OR OTHER BUSINESS ENTITY.  (a)  If conduct constituting an offense is performed by an agent acting in behalf of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity and within the scope of the agent's office or employment, the corporation, association, limited liability company, or other business entity is criminally responsible for an offense defined:(1)  in this code where corporations, associations, limited liability companies, and other business entities are made subject thereto;(2)  by law other than this code in which a legislative purpose to impose criminal responsibility on corporations, associations, limited liability companies, and other business entities plainly appears; or(3)  by law other than this code for which strict liability is imposed, unless a legislative purpose not to impose criminal responsibility on corporations, associations, limited liability companies, or other business entities plainly appears.(b)  A corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity is criminally responsible for a felony offense only if its commission was authorized, requested, commanded, performed, or recklessly tolerated by:(1)  a majority of the governing body acting in behalf of the corporation, association, limited liability company, or other business entity; or(2)  a high managerial agent acting in behalf of the corporation, association, limited liability company, or other business entity and within the scope of the agent's office or employment.|Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.  Amended by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 913, ch. 342, Sec. 4, eff. Sept. 1, 1975;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1258), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Penal Code § 7.23 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 2 - General Principles of Criminal Responsibility|Chapter 7 - Criminal Responsibility for Conduct of Another|Subchapter B. Corporations, Associations, Limited Liability Companies, and Other Business Entities|Section 7.23. Criminal Responsibility of Person for Conduct in Behalf of Corporation, Association, Limited Liability Company, or Other Business Entity

Sec. 7.23.  CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY OF PERSON FOR CONDUCT IN BEHALF OF CORPORATION, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, OR OTHER BUSINESS ENTITY.  (a)  An individual is criminally responsible for conduct that the individual performs in the name of or in behalf of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity to the same extent as if the conduct were performed in the individual's own name or behalf.(b)  An agent having primary responsibility for the discharge of a duty to act imposed by law on a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity is criminally responsible for omission to discharge the duty to the same extent as if the duty were imposed by law directly on the agent.(c)  If an individual is convicted of conduct constituting an offense performed in the name of or on behalf of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity, the individual is subject to the sentence authorized by law for an individual convicted of the offense.|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 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1258), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Penal Code § 7.24 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 2 - General Principles of Criminal Responsibility|Chapter 7 - Criminal Responsibility for Conduct of Another|Subchapter B. Corporations, Associations, Limited Liability Companies, and Other Business Entities|Section 7.24. Defense to Criminal Responsibility of Corporation, Association, Limited Liability Company, or Other Business Entity

Sec. 7.24.  DEFENSE TO CRIMINAL RESPONSIBILITY OF  CORPORATION, ASSOCIATION, LIMITED LIABILITY COMPANY, OR OTHER BUSINESS ENTITY.  It is an affirmative defense to prosecution of a corporation, an association, a limited liability company, or another business entity under Section 7.22(a)(1) or (a)(2) that the high managerial agent having supervisory responsibility over the subject matter of the offense employed due diligence to prevent its commission.|Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.  Amended by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 913, ch. 342, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1975;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 112 (S.B. 1258), Sec. 2, eff. September 1, 2019.|
TX Penal Code § 9.01 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 2 - General Principles of Criminal Responsibility|Chapter 9 - Justification Excluding Criminal Responsibility|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 9.01. Definitions

Sec. 9.01.  DEFINITIONS.  In this chapter:(1)  "Custody" has the meaning assigned by Section 38.01.(2)  "Escape" has the meaning assigned by Section 38.01.(3)  "Deadly force" means force that is intended or known by the actor to cause, or in the manner of its use or intended use is capable of causing, death or serious bodily injury.(4)  "Habitation" has the meaning assigned by Section 30.01.(5)  "Vehicle" has the meaning assigned by Section 30.01.|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;  Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 293, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 378), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Penal Code § 9.02 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 2 - General Principles of Criminal Responsibility|Chapter 9 - Justification Excluding Criminal Responsibility|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 9.02. Justification as a Defense

Sec. 9.02.  JUSTIFICATION AS A DEFENSE.  It is a defense to prosecution that the conduct in question is justified under this chapter.|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.|
TX Penal Code § 9.03 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 2 - General Principles of Criminal Responsibility|Chapter 9 - Justification Excluding Criminal Responsibility|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 9.03. Confinement as Justifiable Force

Sec. 9.03.  CONFINEMENT AS JUSTIFIABLE FORCE.  Confinement is justified when force is justified by this chapter if the actor takes reasonable measures to terminate the confinement as soon as he knows he safely can unless the person confined has been arrested for an offense.|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.|
TX Penal Code § 9.04 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 2 - General Principles of Criminal Responsibility|Chapter 9 - Justification Excluding Criminal Responsibility|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 9.04. Threats as Justifiable Force

Sec. 9.04.  THREATS AS JUSTIFIABLE FORCE.  The threat of force is justified when the use of force is justified by this chapter.  For purposes of this section, a threat to cause death or serious bodily injury by the production of a weapon or otherwise, as long as the actor's purpose is limited to creating an apprehension that he will use deadly force if necessary, does not constitute the use of deadly force.|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.|
TX Penal Code § 9.05 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 2 - General Principles of Criminal Responsibility|Chapter 9 - Justification Excluding Criminal Responsibility|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 9.05. Reckless Injury of Innocent Third Person

Sec. 9.05.  RECKLESS INJURY OF INNOCENT THIRD PERSON.  Even though an actor is justified under this chapter in threatening or using force or deadly force against another, if in doing so he also recklessly injures or kills an innocent third person, the justification afforded by this chapter is unavailable in a prosecution for the reckless injury or killing of the innocent third person.|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.|
TX Penal Code § 9.06 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 2 - General Principles of Criminal Responsibility|Chapter 9 - Justification Excluding Criminal Responsibility|Subchapter A. General Provisions|Section 9.06. Civil Remedies Unaffected

Sec. 9.06.  CIVIL REMEDIES UNAFFECTED.  The fact that conduct is justified under this chapter does not abolish or impair any remedy for the conduct that is available in a civil suit.|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.|
TX Penal Code § 9.21 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 2 - General Principles of Criminal Responsibility|Chapter 9 - Justification Excluding Criminal Responsibility|Subchapter B. Justification Generally|Section 9.21. Public Duty

Sec. 9.21.  PUBLIC DUTY.  (a)  Except as qualified by Subsections (b) and (c), conduct is justified if the actor reasonably believes the conduct is required or authorized by law, by the judgment or order of a competent court or other governmental tribunal, or in the execution of legal process.(b)  The other sections of this chapter control when force is used against a person to protect persons (Subchapter C), to protect property (Subchapter D), for law enforcement (Subchapter E), or by virtue of a special relationship (Subchapter F).(c)  The use of deadly force is not justified under this section unless the actor reasonably believes the deadly force is specifically required by statute or unless it occurs in the lawful conduct of war.  If deadly force is so justified, there is no duty to retreat before using it.(d)  The justification afforded by this section is available if the actor reasonably believes:(1)  the court or governmental tribunal has jurisdiction or the process is lawful, even though the court or governmental tribunal lacks jurisdiction or the process is unlawful;  or(2)  his conduct is required or authorized to assist a public servant in the performance of his official duty, even though the servant exceeds his lawful authority.|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.|
TX Penal Code § 9.22 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 2 - General Principles of Criminal Responsibility|Chapter 9 - Justification Excluding Criminal Responsibility|Subchapter B. Justification Generally|Section 9.22. Necessity

Sec. 9.22.  NECESSITY.  Conduct is justified if:(1)  the actor reasonably believes the conduct is immediately necessary to avoid imminent harm;(2)  the desirability and urgency of avoiding the harm clearly outweigh, according to ordinary standards of reasonableness, the harm sought to be prevented by the law proscribing the conduct;  and(3)  a legislative purpose to exclude the justification claimed for the conduct does not otherwise plainly appear.|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.|
TX Penal Code § 9.32 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 2 - General Principles of Criminal Responsibility|Chapter 9 - Justification Excluding Criminal Responsibility|Subchapter C. Protection of Persons|Section 9.32. Deadly Force in Defense of Person

Sec. 9.32.  DEADLY FORCE IN DEFENSE OF PERSON.  (a)  A person is justified in using deadly force against another:(1)  if the actor would be justified in using force against the other under Section 9.31; and(2)   when and to the degree the actor reasonably believes the deadly force is immediately necessary:(A)  to protect the actor against the other's use or attempted use of unlawful deadly force; or(B)  to prevent the other's imminent commission of aggravated kidnapping, murder, sexual assault, aggravated sexual assault, robbery, or aggravated robbery.(b)  The actor's belief under Subsection (a)(2) that the deadly force was immediately necessary as described by that subdivision is presumed to be reasonable if the actor:(1)  knew or had reason to believe that the person against whom the deadly force was used:(A)  unlawfully and with force entered, or was attempting to enter unlawfully and with force, the actor's occupied habitation, vehicle, or place of business or employment;(B)  unlawfully and with force removed, or was attempting to remove unlawfully and with force, the actor from the actor's habitation, vehicle, or place of business or employment; or(C)  was committing or attempting to commit an offense described by Subsection (a)(2)(B);(2)  did not provoke the person against whom the force was used; and(3)  was not otherwise engaged in criminal activity, other than a Class C misdemeanor that is a violation of a law or ordinance regulating traffic at the time the force was used.(c)  A person who has a right to be present at the location where the deadly force is used, who has not provoked the person against whom the deadly force is used, and who is not engaged in criminal activity at the time the deadly force is used is not required to retreat before using deadly force as described by this section.(d)  For purposes of Subsection (a)(2), in determining whether an actor described by Subsection (c) reasonably believed that the use of deadly force was necessary, a finder of fact may not consider whether the actor failed to retreat.|Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.  Amended by Acts 1983, 68th Leg., p. 5316, ch. 977, Sec. 5, eff. Sept. 1, 1983;  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994;  Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 235, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995.Amended by: Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1 (S.B. 378), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2007.|
TX Penal Code § 9.33 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 2 - General Principles of Criminal Responsibility|Chapter 9 - Justification Excluding Criminal Responsibility|Subchapter C. Protection of Persons|Section 9.33. Defense of Third Person

Sec. 9.33.  DEFENSE OF THIRD PERSON.  A person is justified in using force or deadly force against another to protect a third person if:(1)  under the circumstances as the actor reasonably believes them to be, the actor would be justified under Section 9.31 or 9.32 in using force or deadly force to protect himself against the unlawful force or unlawful deadly force he reasonably believes to be threatening the third person he seeks to protect;  and(2)  the actor reasonably believes that his intervention is immediately necessary to protect the third person.|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.|
TX Penal Code § 9.34 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 2 - General Principles of Criminal Responsibility|Chapter 9 - Justification Excluding Criminal Responsibility|Subchapter C. Protection of Persons|Section 9.34. Protection of Life or Health

Sec. 9.34.  PROTECTION OF LIFE OR HEALTH.  (a)  A person is justified in using force, but not deadly force, against another when and to the degree he reasonably believes the force is immediately necessary to prevent the other from committing suicide or inflicting serious bodily injury to himself.(b)  A person is justified in using both force and deadly force against another when and to the degree he reasonably believes the force or deadly force is immediately necessary to preserve the other's life in an emergency.|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.|
TX Penal Code § 9.41 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 2 - General Principles of Criminal Responsibility|Chapter 9 - Justification Excluding Criminal Responsibility|Subchapter D. Protection of Property|Section 9.41. Protection of One's Own Property

Sec. 9.41.  PROTECTION OF ONE'S OWN PROPERTY.  (a)  A person in lawful possession of land or tangible, movable property is justified in using force against another when and to the degree the actor reasonably believes the force is immediately necessary to prevent or terminate the other's trespass on the land or unlawful interference with the property.(b)  A person unlawfully dispossessed of land or tangible, movable property by another is justified in using force against the other when and to the degree the actor reasonably believes the force is immediately necessary to reenter the land or recover the property if the actor uses the force immediately or in fresh pursuit after the dispossession and:(1)  the actor reasonably believes the other had no claim of right when he dispossessed the actor;  or(2)  the other accomplished the dispossession by using force, threat, or fraud against the actor.|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.|
TX Penal Code § 9.42 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 2 - General Principles of Criminal Responsibility|Chapter 9 - Justification Excluding Criminal Responsibility|Subchapter D. Protection of Property|Section 9.42. Deadly Force to Protect Property

Sec. 9.42.  DEADLY FORCE TO PROTECT PROPERTY.  A person is justified in using deadly force against another to protect land or tangible, movable property:(1)  if he would be justified in using force against the other under Section 9.41;  and(2)  when and to the degree he reasonably believes the deadly force is immediately necessary:(A)  to prevent the other's imminent commission of arson, burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, theft during the nighttime, or criminal mischief during the nighttime;  or(B)  to prevent the other who is fleeing immediately after committing burglary, robbery, aggravated robbery, or theft during the nighttime from escaping with the property;  and(3)  he reasonably believes that:(A)  the land or property cannot be protected or recovered by any other means;  or(B)  the use of force other than deadly force to protect or recover the land or property would expose the actor or another to a substantial risk of death or serious bodily injury.|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.|
TX Penal Code § 9.43 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 2 - General Principles of Criminal Responsibility|Chapter 9 - Justification Excluding Criminal Responsibility|Subchapter D. Protection of Property|Section 9.43. Protection of Third Person's Property

Sec. 9.43.  PROTECTION OF THIRD PERSON'S PROPERTY.  A person is justified in using force or deadly force against another to protect land or tangible, movable property of a third person if, under the circumstances as he reasonably believes them to be, the actor would be justified under Section 9.41 or 9.42 in using force or deadly force to protect his own land or property and:(1)  the actor reasonably believes the unlawful interference constitutes attempted or consummated theft of or criminal mischief to the tangible, movable property;  or(2)  the actor reasonably believes that:(A)  the third person has requested his protection of the land or property;(B)  he has a legal duty to protect the third person's land or property;  or(C)  the third person whose land or property he uses force or deadly force to protect is the actor's spouse, parent, or child, resides with the actor, or is under the actor's care.|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.|
TX Penal Code § 9.44 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 2 - General Principles of Criminal Responsibility|Chapter 9 - Justification Excluding Criminal Responsibility|Subchapter D. Protection of Property|Section 9.44. Use of Device to Protect Property

Sec. 9.44.  USE OF DEVICE TO PROTECT PROPERTY.  The justification afforded by Sections 9.41 and 9.43 applies to the use of a device to protect land or tangible, movable property if:(1)  the device is not designed to cause, or known by the actor to create a substantial risk of causing, death or serious bodily injury;  and(2)  use of the device is reasonable under all the circumstances as the actor reasonably believes them to be when he installs the device.|Acts 1973, 63rd Leg., p. 883, ch. 399, Sec. 1, eff. Jan. 1, 1974.  Amended by Acts 1975, 64th Leg., p. 913, ch. 342, Sec. 6, eff. Sept. 1, 1975.  Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 900, Sec. 1.01, eff. Sept. 1, 1994.|
TX Penal Code § 9.52 (2021)
2021 Texas Statutes|Penal Code|Title 2 - General Principles of Criminal Responsibility|Chapter 9 - Justification Excluding Criminal Responsibility|Subchapter E. Law Enforcement|Section 9.52. Prevention of Escape From Custody

Sec. 9.52.  PREVENTION OF ESCAPE FROM CUSTODY.  The use of force to prevent the escape of an arrested person from custody is justifiable when the force could have been employed to effect the arrest under which the person is in custody, except that a guard employed by a correctional facility or a peace officer is justified in using any force, including deadly force, that he reasonably believes to be immediately necessary to prevent the escape of a person from the correctional facility.|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.|