Tex. Ins. Code § 2001.004 · Chapter 2001. GENERAL PROVISIONS: FIRE INSURANCE AND ALLIED LINES, INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY INSURANCE
AUTHORITY TO INSPECT AND TAKE TESTIMONY REGARDING RECORDS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) The commissioner or a person authorized by the commissioner may:
(1) visit:
(A) a general, local, or other office of an insurer engaged in the business of insurance in this state;
(B) the insurer's home office located outside this state, if applicable; and
(C) the office of any of the insurer's officers, directors, agents, or other representatives; and
(2) require the insurer or an officer, director, agent, or other representative of the insurer to produce for inspection by the commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representative all of the books, records, and papers of the insurer, officer, director, agent, or representative.
(b) The commissioner or the commissioner's authorized representative may:
(1) examine and make or have made copies of the books, records, and papers described by Subsection (a); and
(2) take testimony under oath regarding the books, records, and papers and compel the attendance of witnesses for that purpose.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2007.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.2001.htm
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- 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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