{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-2502.056","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 2502.056","heading":"MONETARY FORFEITURE.","body":"(a) A person who pays or receives a commission, rebate, discount, or other thing of value for soliciting or referring title insurance business in violation of Section 2502.051 is engaging in the unauthorized business of insurance.\n(b) After notice and opportunity for hearing, a person who makes or receives a payment described by Subsection (a) is liable for a monetary forfeiture in an amount not less than the value of or more than three times the value of the payment.\n(c) A monetary forfeiture under Subsection (b) is in addition to any other penalty provided by law.\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 6, eff. April 1, 2005.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 11. TITLE INSURANCE","SUBTITLE A. GENERAL PROVISIONS","CHAPTER 2502. PROHIBITED CONDUCT","SUBCHAPTER B. REBATES AND DISCOUNTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.2502.htm#2502.056","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"35577720c451dc84c4aa00b41be04d79a18ef3248fa12ddc91abd0b2b221f023","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-2502.055","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-2502.057"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}