{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-549.0551","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 549.0551","heading":"REQUIRING CERTAIN AMOUNTS OF COVERAGE.","body":"(a) A lender may not require as a condition of financing a residential mortgage or providing other financing arrangements for residential property, including a mobile or manufactured home, that a borrower purchase homeowners insurance coverage, mobile or manufactured home insurance coverage, or other residential property insurance coverage in an amount that exceeds the replacement value of the dwelling and its contents, regardless of the amount of the mortgage or other financing arrangement entered into by the borrower.\n(b) For purposes of this section, a lender may not include the fair market value of the land on which a dwelling is located in the replacement value of the dwelling and its contents.\nAdded by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 69 (H.B. 2761), Sec. 1(a), eff. May 17, 2005; Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 728 (H.B. 2018), Sec. 11.017(a), eff. September 1, 2005.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 5. PROTECTION OF CONSUMER INTERESTS","SUBTITLE C. DECEPTIVE, UNFAIR, AND PROHIBITED PRACTICES","CHAPTER 549. PROHIBITED PRACTICES RELATING TO PROPERTY INSURANCE","SUBCHAPTER B. PROHIBITED PRACTICES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.549.htm#549.0551","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"af6e343213a24fa0792fa01e4ef212fd17370bf7f41c65f40e92bfd1a93ed5e9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-549.055","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-549.056"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}