Tex. Gov't Code § 84.001 · Chapter 84. UNAUTHORIZED ATTORNEY COMPENSATION
PROHIBITED ACTS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
Before the conclusion of all aspects of a criminal matter that gives rise to an attorney's employment, an attorney may not make or negotiate an agreement with a client, a prospective client, or former client that provides the attorney literary or media rights to a portrayal or account based in substantial part on information relating to the representation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 982, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/GV/htm/GV.84.htm
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- sha256 4ce21734c2020c4baf85ca6a397fd43839332de1b756f60ec7d5de8e271fdf56
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- 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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