{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-2001.008","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 2001.008","heading":"IMMUNITY FROM PROSECUTION.","body":"(a) A person is not excused from giving testimony or producing evidence when legally required at the trial of another person charged with violating a law relating to fire insurance on the ground that the testimony or evidence may incriminate the person under the laws of this state.\n(b) A person may not be prosecuted or subjected to a penalty or forfeiture for or because of a transaction, matter, or thing about which the person testifies or produces evidence under this section.\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 D. FIRE INSURANCE AND ALLIED LINES, INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY INSURANCE","CHAPTER 2001. GENERAL PROVISIONS: FIRE INSURANCE AND ALLIED LINES, INCLUDING RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY INSURANCE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.2001.htm#2001.008","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"1625da4f550ce515a27e6a6f67f5b99b7b058d07e2d0b164199064a1cc7cd916","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-2001.007","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-2001.009"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}