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Texas · Through 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025

Tex. Finance Code § 154.401: CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS OF CHAPTER.

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  1. FINANCE CODE
  2. TITLE 3. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES
  3. SUBTITLE E. OTHER FINANCIAL BUSINESSES
  4. CHAPTER 154. PREPAID FUNERAL SERVICES
  5. SUBCHAPTER I. CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND CIVIL REMEDIES

(a) Except as provided by Section 154.402, an officer, director, agent, or employee of a seller commits an offense if the person:

(1) makes or attempts to make a contract in violation of this chapter;

(2) refuses to allow an inspection of the seller's records relating to the sale of prepaid funeral benefits;

(3) engages in fraud, deception, misrepresentation, or another dishonest practice in the sale of a contract subject to this chapter; or

(4) otherwise violates this chapter.

(b) An offense under this section for which a penalty is not expressly provided by this subchapter is punishable by:

(1) a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500;

(2) confinement in the county jail for a term of not less than one month or more than six months; or

(3) both the fine and confinement.

(c) Each violation of this chapter is a separate offense and shall be prosecuted individually.

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.

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