Tex. Ins. Code § 706.002 · Chapter 706. IDENTITY THEFT INSURANCE
COVERAGE AUTHORIZED.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) An insurer authorized to write property and casualty insurance in this state may offer and issue insurance coverage for a loss suffered by a policyholder as a result of the policyholders' being a victim of identity theft or attempted identity theft.
(b) Coverage authorized by Subsection (a) may be:
(1) offered as a separate insurance policy or as a rider or endorsement to:
(A) a residential and commercial property insurance policy; or
(B) a personal or commercial casualty insurance policy; and
(2) underwritten and issued as an individual or group insurance policy.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 102 (S.B. 99), Sec. 3, eff. September 1, 2005.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.706.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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