{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-154.401","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Finance Code § 154.401","heading":"CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR CERTAIN VIOLATIONS OF CHAPTER.","body":"(a) Except as provided by Section 154.402, an officer, director, agent, or employee of a seller commits an offense if the person:\n(1) makes or attempts to make a contract in violation of this chapter;\n(2) refuses to allow an inspection of the seller's records relating to the sale of prepaid funeral benefits;\n(3) engages in fraud, deception, misrepresentation, or another dishonest practice in the sale of a contract subject to this chapter; or\n(4) otherwise violates this chapter.\n(b) An offense under this section for which a penalty is not expressly provided by this subchapter is punishable by:\n(1) a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500;\n(2) confinement in the county jail for a term of not less than one month or more than six months; or\n(3) both the fine and confinement.\n(c) Each violation of this chapter is a separate offense and shall be prosecuted individually.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997.","path":["FINANCE CODE","TITLE 3. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES","SUBTITLE E. OTHER FINANCIAL BUSINESSES","CHAPTER 154. PREPAID FUNERAL SERVICES","SUBCHAPTER I. CRIMINAL PENALTIES AND CIVIL REMEDIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.154.htm#154.401","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:13Z","sha256":"7499ec9bc88feda721b112185d1b6637d2d09e0d4e7139e2f960a6ff2674003c","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-154.400","next":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-154.402"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}