Tex. Code Crim. Proc. art. 56B.302 · Subchapter G. ATTORNEY'S FEES
AMOUNT OF ATTORNEY'S FEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Attorney's fees may not exceed 25 percent of the amount of the award the attorney assisted the claimant or victim in obtaining.
(b) If there is no dispute of the attorney general's determination of the amount due to the claimant or victim and a hearing is not held, the attorney's fee shall be the lesser of:
(1) 25 percent of the amount the attorney assisted the claimant or victim in obtaining; or
(2) $300.
(c) An attorney may not contract for or receive an amount that exceeds the amount allowed under this article.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 469 (H.B. 4173), Sec. 1.06, eff. January 1, 2021.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/CR/htm/CR.56B.htm
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