{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-393.302","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Finance Code § 393.302","heading":"CHARGE OR RECEIPT OF CONSIDERATION BEFORE COMPLETION OF SERVICES.","body":"A credit services organization or a representative of the organization may charge or receive from a consumer valuable consideration before completely performing all the services the organization has agreed to perform for the consumer only if the organization has obtained a surety bond for each of its locations or established and maintained a surety account for each of its locations in accordance with Subchapter E.\nActs 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1997. Amended by Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 62, Sec. 7.43(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["FINANCE CODE","TITLE 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMERS OF FINANCIAL SERVICES","CHAPTER 393. CREDIT SERVICES ORGANIZATIONS","SUBCHAPTER D. PROHIBITIONS AND RESTRICTIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.393.htm#393.302","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:13Z","sha256":"38890fc1f8e6a1cb30e5061d73a24404b105d3d91644813059baa5d298ff1cc6","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-393.301","next":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-393.303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}