Tex. Occupations Code § 1802.302: FRIVOLOUS CLAIM; OFFENSE.
Where this section sits in the code
- OCCUPATIONS CODE
- TITLE 11. REGULATION OF SALES AND SOLICITATION
- CHAPTER 1802. AUCTIONEERS
- SUBCHAPTER G. CRIMINAL PENALTIES
(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.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.
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