Tex. Occ. Code § 1802.302 · Subchapter G. CRIMINAL PENALTIES
FRIVOLOUS CLAIM; OFFENSE.
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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A person commits an offense if the person intends to benefit personally or to harm another and the person:
(1) institutes under this chapter a claim in which the person knows the person has no interest; or
(2) institutes under this chapter a frivolous suit or a claim that the person knows is false.
(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
Source of truth
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1802.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
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