{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1952.302","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 1952.302","heading":"PROHIBITED ACTS IN CONNECTION WITH REPAIR OF MOTOR VEHICLE.","body":"In connection with the repair of damage to a motor vehicle covered under an automobile insurance policy, an insurer, an employee or agent of an insurer, an insurance adjuster, or an entity that employs an insurance adjuster may not:\n(1) solicit or accept a referral fee or gratuity in exchange for referring a beneficiary or third-party claimant to a repair person or facility to repair the damage;\n(2) state or suggest, either orally or in writing, to a beneficiary that the beneficiary must use a specific repair person or facility or a repair person or facility identified on a preferred list compiled by an insurer for the damage repair or parts replacement to be covered by the policy; or\n(3) restrict the right of a beneficiary or third-party claimant to choose a repair person or facility by requiring the beneficiary or third-party claimant to travel an unreasonable distance to repair the damage.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 2, eff. April 1, 2007.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 10. PROPERTY AND CASUALTY INSURANCE","SUBTITLE C. AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE","CHAPTER 1952. POLICY PROVISIONS AND FORMS FOR AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE","SUBCHAPTER G. REPAIR OF MOTOR VEHICLES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.1952.htm#1952.302","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"1a210c03e7a24a69b53b1662102fb30ccd89b437fb26f390f5a4a3f2204268d1","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1952.301","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-1952.303"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}