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Tex. Occupations Code § 1304.160: LIMITATIONS ON PROVIDER NAME.

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OCCUPATIONS CODE
TITLE 8. REGULATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND INDUSTRIAL TRADES
CHAPTER 1304. SERVICE CONTRACT PROVIDERS AND ADMINISTRATORS
SUBCHAPTER D. PRACTICE BY SERVICE CONTRACT PROVIDERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND SELLERS

(a) A provider may not use a name that:

(1) includes "insurance," "casualty," "surety," or "mutual" or any other word descriptive of the insurance, casualty, or surety business; or

(2) is deceptively similar to the name or description of an insurance or surety corporation or to the name of any other provider.

(b) A provider may include in its name "guaranty" or a similar word.

(c) This section does not apply to a provider that, before September 1, 1999, included a word prohibited under this section in its name. A provider described by this subsection must include in each service contract a statement substantially similar to the following: "This agreement is not an insurance contract."

Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.

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