{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-981.202","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Insurance Code § 981.202","heading":"SURPLUS LINES LICENSE REQUIRED.","body":"An agent licensed by this state may not issue or cause to be issued an insurance contract with an eligible surplus lines insurer unless the agent possesses a surplus lines license issued by the department.\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 I. SURPLUS LINES INSURERS; COMPANIES NOT ORGANIZED IN TEXAS","CHAPTER 981. SURPLUS LINES INSURANCE","SUBCHAPTER E. SURPLUS LINES AGENTS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/IN/htm/IN.981.htm#981.202","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:21Z","sha256":"c6adebb9ce27c3cf108a94acf9d4f9a80c39dbacd89a49c5f02896f1efd67a3f","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-981.201","next":"us-tx/tex.-insurance-code-981.203"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}