Tex. Ins. Code § 4005.003 · Subchapter A. AUTHORIZED CONDUCT
FEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A general property and casualty agent or personal lines property and casualty agent may charge a client a fee to reimburse the agent for costs the agent incurred in obtaining a motor vehicle record or photograph of property described under Section 4005.002. The fee may not exceed the actual costs to the agent.
(b) For services provided to a client, a property and casualty agent described by Subsection (a) may charge a reasonable fee, including a fee for:
(1) special delivery or postal charges;
(2) printing or reproduction costs;
(3) electronic mail costs;
(4) telephone transmission costs; and
(5) similar costs that the agent incurs on behalf of the client.
(c) A property and casualty agent described by Subsection (a) may charge a client a fee under this section only if, before the agent incurs an expense for the client, the agent:
(1) notifies the client of the agent's fee; and
(2) obtains the client's written consent for each fee to be charged.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 7, eff. April 1, 2005.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 548 (S.B. 1263), Sec. 2.22, eff. September 1, 2007.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.4005.htm
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Ins. Code § 4005.003. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Insurance Code
- Tex. Ins. Code § 550.001SOLICITATION OR COLLECTION OF CERTAIN PAYMENTS.Printed as Section 4005.003
- Tex. Ins. Code § 2251.101RATE FILINGS AND SUPPORTING INFORMATION.Printed as Section 550.001 or 4005.003
- Tex. Ins. Code § 4005.004DISCLOSURE OF COMPENSATION.Printed as Section 4005.003
- Tex. Ins. Code § 4005.054RECEIVING ADDITIONAL FEE PROHIBITED.Printed as Section 4005.003 | Section 550.001 or 4005.003
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