{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-885.201","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 885.201","heading":"CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY REQUIRED.","body":"A foreign fraternal benefit society organized and engaging in business before July 1, 1913, that was not authorized to engage in business in this state as of that date may not engage in business in this state without a certificate of authority from the commissioner.\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 885. FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES","SUBCHAPTER E. FOREIGN FRATERNAL BENEFIT SOCIETIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.885.htm#885.201","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"d444c77f793f1d60c1aa738e7c9b6c77915fb0cf8e57895146cc9f4461874334","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-885.160","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-885.202"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}