{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-4102.201","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 4102.201","heading":"DENIAL, SUSPENSION, OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE.","body":"(a) The commissioner may deny an application for a license under this chapter or suspend or revoke a license issued under this chapter on the basis of:\n(1) a violation of this chapter or of any rule adopted by the commissioner under this chapter;\n(2) a cause that constitutes grounds for denial of an original license;\n(3) misrepresentation or fraud in obtaining a license;\n(4) failure to pass a required license examination;\n(5) the misappropriation or conversion of money required to be held in a fiduciary capacity;\n(6) material misrepresentation, with intent to deceive, of the terms of an insurance contract;\n(7) engaging in a fraudulent transaction;\n(8) demonstrated incompetence or untrustworthiness in the conduct of the license holder's affairs under the license, as determined by the commissioner;\n(9) conviction of a felony by a final judgment in a court of competent jurisdiction; or\n(10) material misrepresentation, with intent to deceive, of the person's status as a public insurance adjuster.\n(b) If the department proposes to refuse to issue an original license under this chapter or to suspend, revoke, or refuse to renew a license under this chapter, the person affected is entitled to notice and hearing as provided by Section 4005.104.\n(c) A final order entered as a result of a hearing under this section may be appealed to a court of competent jurisdiction as provided by Subchapter D, Chapter 36.\n(d) An order suspending a license issued under this chapter must specify the period of the suspension not to exceed 12 months.\n(e) The holder of a license that is revoked or suspended for cause shall surrender the license to the commissioner on demand.\n(f) The commissioner may issue a license or reinstate a suspended or revoked license on a finding that the cause for suspension, revocation, or refusal no longer exists.\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 E. ENFORCEMENT"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.4102.htm#4102.201","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"83fe4ae0f3b1b6e30306d29708a286d59e5b9dd8d51d1fdf76f46fcc9ad987ee","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-4102.164","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-4102.202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}