{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-4102.002","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 4102.002","heading":"GENERAL EXEMPTIONS.","body":"This chapter does not apply to:\n(1) an officer or employee of the federal or state government or of a political subdivision of the state government while the officer or employee is engaged in the performance of official duties;\n(2) an attorney engaged in the performance of the attorney's professional duties;\n(3) insurers admitted to do business in the state and agents licensed by this state, engaged in the performance of their duties in connection with insurance transactions;\n(4) the legal owner of personal property that has been sold under a conditional sales agreement or a mortgagee under the terms of a chattel mortgage;\n(5) a salaried office employee who performs exclusively clerical or administrative duties attendant to the disposition of the business regulated by this chapter;\n(6) a photographer, estimator, appraiser, engineer, or arbitrator employed by a public insurance adjuster exclusively for the purpose of furnishing technical assistance to the licensed public insurance adjuster;\n(7) a private investigator licensed under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, while acting within the scope of that license; or\n(8) a full-time salaried employee of a property owner or a property management company retained by a property owner who:\n(A) does not hold the employee out as:\n(i) a public insurance adjuster; or\n(ii) a building, roofing, or other restoration contractor;\n(B) has not been hired to handle a specific claim resulting from a fire or casualty loss; and\n(C) acts at the sole discretion of the property owner or management company regarding a claim related to the owner's property.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 11.082(a), eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 13. REGULATION OF PROFESSIONALS","SUBTITLE C. ADJUSTERS","CHAPTER 4102. PUBLIC INSURANCE ADJUSTERS","SUBCHAPTER A. GENERAL PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.4102.htm#4102.002","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"c8132175ce647f11b94ca53ee598905231b263eadfc64d5cd60dd9008435c28a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-4102.001","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-4102.003"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}