{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1704.304","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 1704.304","heading":"PROHIBITED RECOMMENDATIONS OR SOLICITATIONS; OFFENSE.","body":"(a) A bail bond surety or an agent of a bail bond surety may not recommend or suggest to a person for whom the bail bond surety executes a bond the employment of an attorney or law firm in connection with a criminal offense.\n(b) The following persons may not recommend a particular bail bond surety to another person:\n(1) a police officer, sheriff, or deputy;\n(2) a constable, jailer, or employee of a law enforcement agency;\n(3) a judge or employee of a court;\n(4) another public official; or\n(5) an employee of a related agency.\n(c) A bail bond surety or an agent of a bail bond surety may not solicit bonding business in a police station, jail, prison, detention facility, or other place of detainment for persons in the custody of law enforcement.\n(d) A person may not place a device in a place of detention, confinement, or imprisonment that dispenses a bail bond in exchange for a fee.\n(e) A person commits an offense if the person violates this section. An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.\nActs 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1262, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 10. OCCUPATIONS RELATED TO LAW ENFORCEMENT AND SECURITY","CHAPTER 1704. REGULATION OF BAIL BOND SURETIES","SUBCHAPTER G. PROHIBITED CONDUCT AND CRIMINAL PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1704.htm#1704.304","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"18272b35f6174cdc99b7718b3c2c017f72ced9cb128ab1042018879c094f471a","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1704.303","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1704.305"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}