Tex. Ins. Code § 3503.002 · Subchapter A. CERTAIN REQUIRED OR PERMITTED OBLIGATIONS
EXECUTION OF OBLIGATION BY SURETY COMPANY.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A surety company authorized to engage in business in this state may execute an obligation.
(b) Except as provided by Section 3503.004 or 3503.005, the execution of an obligation by a surety company under Subsection (a) is in full compliance with each law, charter, ordinance, or rule that requires:
(1) the obligation to be executed by one or more sureties; or
(2) the executing sureties to possess any qualification, including the requirement that a surety be a resident, householder, or freeholder.
(c) Each municipality, board, body, organization, court, public officer, and head of department shall accept and treat an obligation executed by a surety company under Subsection (a) as fully complying with each law, charter, ordinance, or rule described by Subsection (b).
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 3, eff. April 1, 2007.
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.3503.htm
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