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

Tex. Finance Code § 392.302: HARASSMENT; ABUSE.

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  1. FINANCE CODE
  2. TITLE 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMERS OF FINANCIAL SERVICES
  3. CHAPTER 392. DEBT COLLECTION
  4. SUBCHAPTER D. PROHIBITED DEBT COLLECTION METHODS

In debt collection, a debt collector may not oppress, harass, or abuse a person by:

(1) using profane or obscene language or language intended to abuse unreasonably the hearer or reader;

(2) placing telephone calls without disclosing the name of the individual making the call and with the intent to annoy, harass, or threaten a person at the called number;

(3) causing a person to incur a long distance telephone toll, telegram fee, or other charge by a medium of communication without first disclosing the name of the person making the communication; or

(4) causing a telephone to ring repeatedly or continuously, or making repeated or continuous telephone calls, with the intent to harass a person at the called number.

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

Collected 2026-08-27T01:47:13Z. Source file · JSON

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