Felony Theft Amount and Penalties in Texas

Theft becomes a felony (state jail felony) at $2,500. Tiers: less than $100, Class C misdemeanor; $100 or more but less than $750, Class B misdemeanor (also less than $100 with a prior theft conviction, or a driver's license or ID card); $750 or more but less than $2,500, Class A misdemeanor; $2,500 or more but less than $30,000, state jail felony (also, regardless of value, property stolen from a person, a firearm, a human corpse or grave, an official ballot, and theft under $2,500 with two or more prior theft convictions, among other listed property); $30,000 or more but less than $150,000, felony of the third degree; $150,000 or more but less than $300,000, felony of the second degree (also an ATM or its contents or components under $300,000); $300,000 or more, felony of the first degree.

Texas grades felonies as capital felonies, felonies of the first, second and third degree, and state jail felonies. Capital felony: if the state seeks the death penalty, life imprisonment without parole or death; if not, life imprisonment for an offender younger than 18 at the time of the offense, or life without parole for an offender 18 or older. First degree: imprisonment for life or for any term of not more than 99 years or less than 5 years, plus an optional fine not to exceed $10,000. Second degree: not more than 20 years or less than 2 years, plus an optional fine not to exceed $10,000. Third degree: not more than 10 years or less than 2 years, plus an optional fine not to exceed $10,000. State jail felony: confinement in a state jail for not more than two years or less than 180 days, plus an optional fine not to exceed $10,000 (some state jail felonies are punished as third degree felonies in listed circumstances).

Class A misdemeanor: a fine not to exceed $4,000, confinement in jail for a term not to exceed one year, or both. Class B misdemeanor: a fine not to exceed $2,000, confinement in jail for a term not to exceed 180 days, or both. Class C misdemeanor: a fine not to exceed $500 (no jail).