{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1704.252","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 1704.252","heading":"DISCRETIONARY LICENSE SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION: GROUNDS.","body":"After notice and hearing, a board may revoke or suspend a license if the license holder:\n(1) violates this chapter or a rule adopted by the board under this chapter;\n(2) fraudulently obtains a license under this chapter;\n(3) makes a false statement or misrepresentation:\n(A) in an application for an original or renewal license; or\n(B) during a hearing conducted by the board;\n(4) refuses to answer a question submitted by the board during a hearing relating to the license holder's license, conduct, or qualifications;\n(5) is finally convicted under the laws of this state, another state, or the United States of an offense that:\n(A) is a misdemeanor involving moral turpitude or a felony; and\n(B) is committed after August 27, 1973;\n(6) is found by a court to be bankrupt or is insolvent;\n(7) is found by a court to be mentally incompetent;\n(8) fails to pay a judgment in accordance with Section 1704.204;\n(9) pays commissions or fees to or divides commissions or fees with, or offers to pay commissions or fees to or divide commissions or fees with, a person or business entity not licensed under this chapter;\n(10) solicits bonding business in a building in which prisoners are processed or confined;\n(11) recommends to a client the employment of a particular attorney or law firm in a criminal case;\n(12) falsifies or fails to maintain a record required under this chapter;\n(13) fails to promptly permit the board, or a representative or an agent of the board, of the county in which the license holder is licensed to inspect a record required under this chapter;\n(14) acts as a bail bond surety under a suspended or expired license;\n(15) fails two or more times to maintain the amount of security required by Section 1704.160; or\n(16) misrepresents to an official or an employee of the official the amount for which the license holder may execute a bail bond for purposes of obtaining the release of a person on bond.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 10. OCCUPATIONS RELATED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY","CHAPTER 1704. REGULATION OF BAIL BOND SURETIES","SUBCHAPTER F. ENFORCEMENT PROVISIONS"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1704.htm#1704.252","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"63ce078b07bef41f30e79f1dfc7953b93b63b34800bf50ddeccda35810628810","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1704.251","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1704.253"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}