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Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Fri May-29-09 09:12 AMOriginal message It is a felony to carry more than $10k in cash in Texas If you are caught with more than that, it can be seized and you can be thrown in jail. No questions asked.I don't know about you...but there is really something wrong with that law.
Richardo (1000+ posts) Fri May-29-09 09:13 AMResponse to Original message 1. I'm the most law-abiding citizen in the state, then
AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Fri May-29-09 09:14 AMResponse to Original message 2. cite please specific statute - so we can all look it up
NoPasaran (1000+ posts) Fri May-29-09 09:19 AMResponse to Reply #2 5. Yes! Please cite the statute. Otherwise this sounds like one of those internet rumors.
Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Fri May-29-09 09:19 AMResponse to Reply #2 6. I read it in the paper http://www.heraldbanner.com/local/local_story_149012543... >>>snipIn Texas it is a third degree felony to travel with more than $10,000 in cash, a second degree felony to travel with over $100,000 in cash and a first degree felony to travel with over $200,000 cash.I am trying to find the statute now.
AngryAmish (1000+ posts) Fri May-29-09 09:32 AMResponse to Reply #6 10. It looks like she was busted for money laundering She must have implicated herself in knowing it was the proceeds of a criminal enterprise. It is a poorly written article. But, no, if you have a lot of money you cannot be thrown in jail "no questions asked." They may seize it, but you can go to court to get it back.
Redbear (1000+ posts) Fri May-29-09 09:43 AMResponse to Reply #6 12. She was not charged with carrying more than $10,000 because there is no such crime in Texas.She was charged with money laundering, in this case concealing and transporting the proceeds of criminal activity.
Art_from_Ark (1000+ posts) Fri May-29-09 09:58 AMResponse to Reply #12 14. According to the article, there is such a "crime" "In Texas it is a third degree felony to travel with more than $10,000 in cash, a second degree felony to travel with over $100,000 in cash and a first degree felony to travel with over $200,000 cash."
ctaylors6 (191 posts) Fri May-29-09 11:14 AMResponse to Reply #6 16. Those penalties are for money laundering crimes. Not for carrying money generally The newspaper article could have been worded a little better to make clear that the sentence you quoted is for the penalties for money laundering. See Texas Penal Code section 34 (money laundering). Link: http://tlo2.tlc.state.tx.us/statutes/docs/PE/content/pd...
havocmom (1000+ posts) Fri May-29-09 09:18 AMResponse to Original message 4. That suggests state sponsorship of corporate currency (plastic) over real currency Wow, there HAS to be some hungry lawyer out there willing to take THAT class action on
JayMusgrove (1000+ posts) Fri May-29-09 09:28 PMResponse to Reply #4 31. And if you are not him, why do you waste our time with your posts.This is just simple sense. If you are carrying around $10,000 in cash, what possible legitimate activity are you engaged in?Please tell me 1 or 2 or 3 that come to mind in the next 20 minutes.I can't think of ANY.
havocmom (1000+ posts) Fri May-29-09 10:10 PMResponse to Reply #31 33. I live in an area where many are very frugal AND the bank is a long way away Many of the old timers in our county (which is VERY big with few paved roads and lousy weather) do not keep all their money in a bank. One bank in the county, and over an hour from most of the ranchers. When ranchers go to town or a bull sale here, some of the older ones carry cash, a lot of cash. Lots of people buy equipment and vehicles for cash around here too. They know it means paperwork, but some of them do it anyway. Many people up north travel south for winter. Many people come here to hunt. Many of them carry cash rather than plastic. Might be hard to imagine, but it does happen. Just because YOU don't have a reason to carry a lot of cash, nobody else might? What arrogance! By the ****ing way, who do you think you are making demands on when you are to be responded to? I am online sorta hit and miss, so you can piss off with your 'in the next 20 minutes' crap. You don't look anything like my mother.
csziggy (1000+ posts) Fri May-29-09 10:25 PMResponse to Reply #31 34. I was buying a truck out of town from a private person He didn't know me, and did not want a check. I had the money wired to me at a branch of my regular bank and took the cash to him. $12,500. The money actually went straight to his banker since he had to pay off his truck loan to clear the title to come to me.Also when I was buying broodmares, I would go to the registered stock auctions with cash. The amount varied depending on my budget for that auction and how many horses I expected to bid on. The only other way to work with that auction company was to "deposit" a registered check ahead of time and then if you did not spend all of the deposit, wait for a refund. Most people took cash. With the quality horses I was buying, it was not unusual for me to budget $10-15,000 for three or four horses.Same idea - I bought an AQHA Champion stallion for $16,000. Cash deal.All legitimate business deals and normal for the horse trading business.
JVS (1000+ posts) Fri May-29-09 09:20 AMResponse to Original message 7. With that much cash I'd be able to be somewhere better anyway, so no biggie.
Subdivisions (1000+ posts) Fri May-29-09 11:43 AMResponse to Reply #7 21. What the **** do you mean "somewhere better"? I'm gettting sick and *******ed tired of the region-bashing of Texas that goes on here at DU!
JVS (1000+ posts) Fri May-29-09 12:50 PMResponse to Reply #21 27. So having places that you'd rather be is bashing? LOL It's a big world and plenty of it is... better than texas.
Xenotime (1000+ posts) Fri May-29-09 12:01 PMResponse to Reply #7 24. Agreed. Somewhere more progressive.
JVS (1000+ posts) Fri May-29-09 12:43 PMResponse to Reply #24 26. Or just somewhere with nicer weather. Or a less crazy governor.
ejpoeta (1000+ posts) Fri May-29-09 09:22 AMResponse to Original message 8. yes, no one could legitimately, i suppose, have more than that on them. like, perhaps they have been squirreling away money for a length of time and are taking it to the bank... or maybe to purchase a vehicle or something. there are people who have done that.... i remember a guy who paid for a new vehicle with quarters he had been saving for years. this law is bullshit! i am surprised texans don't get up in arms over something like this. protest in the streets. i mean, the government is basically trying to force you to put your money in a bank. it's ridiculous!
DBoon (1000+ posts) Fri May-29-09 09:54 AMResponse to Reply #8 13. or you run a business that is cash intensive and you are making a deposit?People still pay cash for many things
What a silly collection of useless tripe.
Horse with no Name (1000+ posts) Fri May-29-09 09:12 AMOriginal message It should be a felony to be as stupid as I am
Wouldn't you actually have to have even a slight chance of HAVING $10K, before you start worrying about "carrying it around"?
Frank, no worries, pardner. I'm lucky to carry around $20.....
I thought so, sir, but I wanted you to be aware.My own bill of choice is always a $10 bill.
