Tex. Ins. Code § 823.501 · Subchapter K. CRIMINAL PENALTIES
OFFENSE OF VIOLATING CHAPTER.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person is an insurer or individual and wilfully violates this chapter.
(b) If the person is an insurer, an offense under Subsection (a) is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $50,000 for each violation.
(c) If the person is an individual, an offense under Subsection (a) is a misdemeanor punishable by a fine not to exceed $10,000 for each violation except as provided by Subsection (d) and Section 823.502.
(d) An offense under Subsection (a) is a felony if the person is an individual and the violation involves the deliberate perpetration of a fraud on the department, an insurer, an insurer's subsidiary, or policyholders. The felony is punishable by:
(1) imprisonment for a term not to exceed five years;
(2) a fine not to exceed $10,000 for each violation; or
(3) both fine and imprisonment under this subsection.
(e) A fine under this section is in addition to any civil or administrative penalty.
(f) An individual on whom a fine is imposed under this section shall pay the fine in that person's individual capacity.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.823.htm
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