Tex. Penal Code § 35.015 · Chapter 35. INSURANCE FRAUD

MATERIALITY.

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Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

A statement is material for the purposes of this chapter, regardless of the admissibility of the statement at trial, if the statement could have affected:

(1) the eligibility for coverage or amount of the payment on a claim for payment under an insurance policy; or

(2) the decision of an insurer whether to issue an insurance policy.

Notes and commentary — not statutory text

History

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1162 (H.B. 3376), Sec. 4, 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/PE/htm/PE.35.htm
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