{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-342.008","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Finance Code § 342.008","heading":"ATTEMPT TO EVADE LAW.","body":"A person who is a party to a deferred presentment transaction may not evade the application of this subtitle or a rule adopted under this subchapter by use of any device, subterfuge, or pretense. Characterization of a required fee as a purchase of a good or service in connection with a deferred presentment transaction is a device, subterfuge, or pretense for the purposes of this section.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1235, Sec. 13, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.","path":["FINANCE CODE","TITLE 4. REGULATION OF INTEREST, LOANS, AND FINANCED TRANSACTIONS","SUBTITLE B. LOANS AND FINANCED TRANSACTIONS","CHAPTER 342. CONSUMER LOANS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS; APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.342.htm#342.008","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:13Z","sha256":"5659a454654d304c0664f917289c26506d6b2893a59c45f20d850ed2c5425071","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-342.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-342.009"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}