{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-158.051","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Finance Code § 158.051","heading":"REGISTRATION REQUIRED.","body":"A person may not act as a residential mortgage loan servicer, directly or indirectly, for a residential mortgage loan secured by a lien on residential real estate in this state unless the person is registered under this chapter or is exempt under Section 158.052.\nAdded by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 588 (S.B. 17), Sec. 1, eff. September 1, 2011.","path":["FINANCE CODE","TITLE 3. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES","SUBTITLE E. OTHER FINANCIAL BUSINESSES","CHAPTER 158. RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOAN SERVICERS","SUBCHAPTER B. REGISTRATION OF RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOAN SERVICERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.158.htm#158.051","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:13Z","sha256":"5cdbe6079fece3533fec6bd54bed2b73a079fcfb6de956c54939d78573a07acf","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-158.003","next":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-158.052"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}