Tex. Civ. Prac. & Rem. Code § 98C.005 · Chapter 98C. LIABILITY FOR ONLINE IMPERSONATION
DAMAGES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A claimant who prevails in an action under this chapter shall be awarded actual damages, including expenditures made by the claimant related to counseling, identity theft, or libel. The defendant's profits attributable to the defendant's online impersonation of the claimant may be considered in the computation of actual damages.
(b) In addition to an award under Subsection (a), a claimant who prevails in an action under this chapter may recover exemplary damages of not less than $500.
(c) The court shall award costs and reasonable attorney's fees to the prevailing party in any action under this chapter.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 927 (H.B. 783), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2025.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CP/htm/CP.98C.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
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