Tex. Occ. Code § 1704.001 · Subchapter A. GENERAL PROVISIONS
DEFINITIONS.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
In this chapter:
(1) "Bail bond" means a cash deposit, or similar deposit or written undertaking, or a bond or other security, given to guarantee the appearance of a defendant in a criminal case.
(2) "Bail bond surety" means a person who:
(A) executes a bail bond as a surety or cosurety for another person; or
(B) for compensation deposits cash to ensure the appearance in court of a person accused of a crime.
(3) "Board" means a county bail bond board.
(4) "Bonding business" or "bail bond business" means the solicitation, negotiation, or execution of a bail bond by a bail bond surety.
(4-a) "Final judgment" means a judgment that disposes of all issues and parties in a case.
(5) "Person" means an individual or corporation.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1262, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2001; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 942, Sec. 6, eff. June 20, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 316 (S.B. 624), Sec. 1, 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/OC/htm/OC.1704.htm
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- 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
Cited by 4 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Occ. Code § 1704.001. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Insurance Code
- Tex. Ins. Code § 221.002TAX IMPOSED; RATE.Printed as Section 1704.001, Occupations Code
- Tex. Ins. Code § 3503.202UNEARNED PREMIUM RESERVE FOR BAIL BOND NOT REQUIRED.Printed as Section 1704.001, Occupations Code
- Tex. Ins. Code § 3503.203DIRECT WRITTEN PREMIUM CALCULATION.Printed as Section 1704.001, Occupations Code
- Tex. Ins. Code § 3503.204DISCLOSURE REQUIREMENTS.Printed as Section 1704.001, Occupations Code
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