{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-883.102","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 883.102","heading":"CHARTER AND CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY REQUIRED.","body":"A domestic mutual insurance company may not engage in the business of insurance until:\n(1) the company obtains a charter as provided by Chapter 822; and\n(2) the commissioner issues to the company a certificate of authority for that purpose.\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1419, Sec. 1, eff. June 1, 2003.","path":["INSURANCE CODE","TITLE 6. ORGANIZATION OF INSURERS AND RELATED ENTITIES","SUBTITLE E. MUTUAL AND FRATERNAL COMPANIES AND RELATED ENTITIES","CHAPTER 883. MUTUAL INSURANCE COMPANIES OTHER THAN MUTUAL LIFE INSURANCE COMPANIES","SUBCHAPTER C. AUTHORITY TO ENGAGE IN BUSINESS IN THIS STATE"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.883.htm#883.102","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"a7bc6f4d1d76de0b4c116fcb9dbb60b822716ca29da8612307d953dc3d68dfab","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-883.101","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-883.103"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}