Is it a crime to keep a car trying to be repossed?

Answer 1

YES!!!!

from Texas Penal Code

§ 32.33. HINDERING SECURED CREDITORS. (a) For purposes
of this section:
(1) "Remove" means transport, without the effective
consent of the secured party, from the state in which the property
was located when the security interest or lien attached.
(2) "Security interest" means an interest in personal
property or fixtures that secures payment or performance of an
obligation.
(b) A person who has signed a security agreement creating a
security interest in property or a mortgage or deed of trust
creating a lien on property commits an offense if, with intent to
hinder enforcement of that interest or lien, he destroys, removes,
conceals, encumbers, or otherwise harms or reduces the value of the
property.
(c) For purposes of this section, a person is presumed to
have intended to hinder enforcement of the security interest or
lien if, when any part of the debt secured by the security interest
or lien was due, he failed:
(1) to pay the part then due; and
(2) if the secured party had made demand, to deliver
possession of the secured property to the secured party.
(d) An offense under Subsection (b) is a:
(1) Class C misdemeanor if the value of the property
destroyed, removed, concealed, encumbered, or otherwise harmed or
reduced in value is less than $20;
(2) Class B misdemeanor if the value of the property
destroyed, removed, concealed, encumbered, or otherwise harmed or
reduced in value is $20 or more but less than $500;
(3) Class A misdemeanor if the value of the property
destroyed, removed, concealed, encumbered, or otherwise harmed or
reduced in value is $500 or more but less than $1,500;
(4) state jail felony if the value of the property
destroyed, removed, concealed, encumbered, or otherwise harmed or
reduced in value is $1,500 or more but less than $20,000;
(5) felony of the third degree if the value of the
property destroyed, removed, concealed, encumbered, or otherwise
harmed or reduced in value is $20,000 or more but less than
$100,000;
(6) felony of the second degree if the value of the
property destroyed, removed, concealed, encumbered, or otherwise
harmed or reduced in value is $100,000 or more but less than
$200,000; or
(7) felony of the first degree if the value of the
property destroyed, removed, concealed, encumbered, or otherwise
harmed or reduced in value is $200,000 or more.