Tex. Fin. Code § 342.051 · Subchapter B. AUTHORIZED ACTIVITIES; LICENSE
LICENSE REQUIRED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person must hold a license issued under this chapter to:
(1) engage in the business of making, transacting, or negotiating loans subject to this chapter; or
(2) contract for, charge, or receive, directly or indirectly, in connection with a loan subject to this chapter, a charge, including interest, compensation, consideration, or another expense, authorized under this chapter that in the aggregate exceeds the charges authorized under other law.
(b) A person may not use any device, subterfuge, or pretense to evade the application of this section.
(c) A person is not required to obtain a license under Subsection (a) if the person is:
(1) a bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association organized under the laws of the United States or under the laws of the institution's state of domicile; or
(2) subject to Chapter 651, Insurance Code.
(c-1) A person who is licensed or registered under Chapter 156 or 157 is not required to obtain a license under this section to make, negotiate, or transact a residential mortgage loan, as defined by Section 180.002.
(d) An insurance agent licensed under Subchapter B, C, D, or E, Chapter 4051, Insurance Code, is not required to obtain a license to negotiate or arrange a loan on behalf of a bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association provided that the insurance agent or the bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association does not make the provision of insurance a condition to apply for or obtain a loan or service from the bank, savings bank, or savings and loan association.
(e) An electronic return originator who is an authorized Internal Revenue Service e-file provider is not required to obtain a license to make, negotiate, or transact a loan that is based on a person's federal income tax refund on behalf of a bank, savings bank, savings and loan association, or credit union.
(f) Repealed by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 655, Sec. 65(a)(15), eff. September 1, 2011.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 7.19(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 909, Sec. 2.06, eff. Sept. 1, 1999; Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 604, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 11.116, eff. September 1, 2005.
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 905 (H.B. 2783), Sec. 13, eff. September 1, 2007.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 655 (S.B. 1124), Sec. 64, eff. September 1, 2011.
Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 655 (S.B. 1124), Sec. 65(a)(15), eff. September 1, 2011.
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