Tex. Ins. Code § 823.502 · Subchapter K. CRIMINAL PENALTIES
OFFENSE OF SUBSCRIBING TO OR MAKING FALSE STATEMENT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person is an officer, director, or employee of a domestic insurer or the insurer's insurance holding company system and wilfully and knowingly subscribes to or makes or causes to be made a false statement on a written instrument required to be filed with the commissioner.
(b) An offense under Subsection (a) is a felony punishable by:
(1) imprisonment for a term of not less than two years;
(2) a fine not to exceed $10,000 for each violation; or
(3) both fine and imprisonment under this subsection.
(c) A person 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.
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.823.htm
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