Tex. Ins. Code § 541.157 · Subchapter D. PRIVATE ACTION FOR DAMAGES
CONTENTS OF SETTLEMENT OFFER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
A settlement offer made by a person against whom a claim under this subchapter is pending must include an offer to pay the following amounts, separately stated:
(1) an amount of money or other consideration, reduced to its cash value, as settlement of the claim for damages; and
(2) an amount of money to compensate the claimant for the claimant's reasonable and necessary attorney's fees incurred as of the date of the offer.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2005.
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.541.htm
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