{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-180.203","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Finance Code § 180.203","heading":"CEASE AND DESIST ORDERS.","body":"A regulatory official may:\n(1) order or direct a person subject to regulation under this chapter to cease and desist from conducting business, including issuing an immediate temporary order to cease and desist from conducting business;\n(2) order or direct a person subject to regulation under this chapter to cease a violation of this chapter or a harmful activity in violation of this chapter, including issuing an immediate temporary order to cease and desist;\n(3) enter immediate temporary orders against a person subject to regulation under this chapter to cease engaging in business under a license if the regulatory official determines that the license was erroneously granted or the license holder is in violation of this chapter; and\n(4) order or direct other affirmative action as the regulatory official considers necessary.\nAdded by Acts 2009, 81st Leg., R.S., Ch. 1104 (H.B. 10), Sec. 1, eff. June 19, 2009.","path":["FINANCE CODE","TITLE 3. FINANCIAL INSTITUTIONS AND BUSINESSES","SUBTITLE E. OTHER FINANCIAL BUSINESSES","CHAPTER 180. RESIDENTIAL MORTGAGE LOAN ORIGINATORS","SUBCHAPTER E. ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.180.htm#180.203","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:13Z","sha256":"79dd5bf6a8f32bf5f9e8c8ecf972617f033716e059b507b321c55ea1b9d26cd2","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-180.202","next":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-180.251"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}