# Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 12.015: RACKETEERING AND UNLAWFUL DEBT COLLECTION

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## Section

- **Citation:** Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 12.015
- **Heading:** RACKETEERING AND UNLAWFUL DEBT COLLECTION
- **Jurisdiction:** Texas
- **Kind:** Statutes
- **Status:** In force
- **Text as of:** August 14, 2026
- **Source:** Compiled text
- **Location:** TX Code / Code cr / Chapter 12 / Section 12.015

## Text

(a) Except as provided by Subsection (b), a felony indictment for an offense under Section 72.02, 72.03, or 72.04, Penal Code, must be presented not later than five years from the date of the commission of the offense.

(b) If the attorney general or a local prosecutor, as defined by Section 140B.001, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, brings an action in the name of the state under Chapter 140B, Civil Practice and Remedies Code, during the limitations period described by Subsection (a), that limitations period is suspended while the attorney general's or local prosecutor's action is pending. If a limitations period is suspended under this subsection, the limitations period is extended for two years.

## Nearby sections

- [Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 12.01 § 12.01. FELONIES.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ccr_C12_S12.01.md)
- [Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 12.02 § 12.02. MISDEMEANORS.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ccr_C12_S12.02.md)
- [Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 12.03 § 12.03. AGGRAVATED OFFENSES, ATTEMPT, CONSPIRACY, SOLICITATION, ORGANIZED CRIMINAL ACTIVITY.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ccr_C12_S12.03.md)
- [Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 12.04 § 12.04. COMPUTATION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ccr_C12_S12.04.md)
- [Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 12.05 § 12.05. ABSENCE FROM STATE AND TIME OF PENDENCY OF INDICTMENT, ETC.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ccr_C12_S12.05.md)
- [Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 12.06 § 12.06. AN INDICTMENT IS "PRESENTED," WHEN.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ccr_C12_S12.06.md)
- [Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 12.07 § 12.07. AN INFORMATION IS "PRESENTED," WHEN.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ccr_C12_S12.07.md)
- [Tex. Code of Criminal Procedure § 12.015 § 12.015. RACKETEERING AND UNLAWFUL DEBT COLLECTION.](https://www.frixlaw.com/law-library/statutes/STATE_TX_Ccr_C12_S12.015.md)

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