{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1304.160","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 1304.160","heading":"LIMITATIONS ON PROVIDER NAME.","body":"(a) A provider may not use a name that:\n(1) includes \"insurance,\" \"casualty,\" \"surety,\" or \"mutual\" or any other word descriptive of the insurance, casualty, or surety business; or\n(2) is deceptively similar to the name or description of an insurance or surety corporation or to the name of any other provider.\n(b) A provider may include in its name \"guaranty\" or a similar word.\n(c) This section does not apply to a provider that, before September 1, 1999, included a word prohibited under this section in its name. A provider described by this subsection must include in each service contract a statement substantially similar to the following: \"This agreement is not an insurance contract.\"\nAdded by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1421, Sec. 3, eff. June 1, 2003.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 8. REGULATION OF ENVIRONMENTAL AND INDUSTRIAL TRADES","CHAPTER 1304. SERVICE CONTRACT PROVIDERS AND ADMINISTRATORS","SUBCHAPTER D. PRACTICE BY SERVICE CONTRACT PROVIDERS, ADMINISTRATORS, AND SELLERS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1304.htm#1304.160","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"972cc1a88c9db5936b8f2d9e31478069994390749fd7b63417ec41de66b2ccd9","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1304.159","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1304.161"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}