Tex. Est. Code § 456.001 · Chapter 456. DISBURSEMENT AND CLOSING OF LAWYER TRUST OR ESCROW ACCOUNTS
DEFINITION.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter, "eligible institution" means a financial institution or investment company in which a lawyer has established an escrow or trust account for purposes of holding client funds or the funds of third persons that are in the lawyer's possession in connection with representation as required by the Texas Disciplinary Rules of Professional Conduct.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 949 (S.B. 995), Sec. 45, eff. September 1, 2015.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/ES/htm/ES.456.htm
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- sha256 ad165292e5a5c856fc73bcabf486e5eb37ab80cf89d5d9360b6c1b1046639a09
- Composed by
- 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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