Tex. Fin. Code § 154.401 · Subchapter I. CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND CIVIL REMEDIES
CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS OF CHAPTER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Section 154.402, an officer, director, agent, or employee of a seller commits an offense if the person:
(1) makes or attempts to make a contract in violation of this chapter;
(2) refuses to allow an inspection of the seller's records relating to the sale of prepaid funeral benefits;
(3) engages in fraud, deception, misrepresentation, or another dishonest practice in the sale of a contract subject to this chapter; or
(4) otherwise violates this chapter.
(b) An offense under this section for which a penalty is not expressly provided by this subchapter is punishable by:
(1) a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500;
(2) confinement in the county jail for a term of not less than one month or more than six months; or
(3) both the fine and confinement.
(c) Each violation of this chapter is a separate offense and shall be prosecuted individually.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.154.htm
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