Tex. Gov't Code § 83.005 · Chapter 83. CERTAIN UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW
RECOVERY.
Verbatim from the official edition
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A person who pays a fee prohibited by this chapter may bring suit for and is entitled to:
(1) recovery of the fee paid;
(2) damages equal to three times the fee paid; and
(3) court costs and reasonable and necessary attorney's fees.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1989, 71st Leg., ch. 2, Sec. 8.43(a), eff. Aug. 28, 1989.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.83.htm
- Text hash
- sha256 774df157dfbf8a65fa016c638df80db3cc5730817723b5acedac1e8363cb254a
- 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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