{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-396.252","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Finance Code § 396.252","heading":"FRAUDULENT, DECEPTIVE, OR MISLEADING REPRESENTATIONS.","body":"In enforcing a child support obligation, a private child support enforcement agency or employee of the agency may not:\n(1) identify the agency by any name other than one by which the agency is authorized to do business under the laws of this state;\n(2) falsely represent the nature of the child support enforcement activities in which the agency is authorized by law to engage; or\n(3) falsely represent that an oral or written communication is the communication of an attorney.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1023, Sec. 73, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.\nAmended by:\nActs 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 20 (S.B. 614), Sec. 36, eff. September 1, 2019.","path":["FINANCE CODE","TITLE 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMERS OF FINANCIAL SERVICES","CHAPTER 396. PRIVATE CHILD SUPPORT ENFORCEMENT AGENCIES","SUBCHAPTER F. PROHIBITED PRACTICES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/FI/htm/FI.396.htm#396.252","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:13Z","sha256":"ac95c3d76e2bb209dec4142de21ca9892e622f2375f0c32170bb5bd0403c8e16","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-396.251","next":"us-tx/tex.-finance-code-396.351"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}