{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1704.305","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 1704.305","heading":"BAIL BOND RECEIPT AND INSPECTION; OFFENSE.","body":"(a) A bail bond surety or an agent of a bail bond surety may not receive money or other consideration or thing of value from a person for whom the bail bond surety executes a bond unless the bail bond surety or agent issues a receipt to the person as provided by Subsection (b).\n(b) The receipt must state:\n(1) the name of the person who pays the money or transfers the consideration or thing of value;\n(2) the amount of money paid or the estimated amount of value transferred;\n(3) if the person transfers consideration or a thing of value, a brief description of the consideration or thing of value;\n(4) the style and number of the case and the court in which the bond is executed; and\n(5) the name of the person receiving the money, consideration, or thing of value.\n(c) A bail bond surety or an agent of a bail bond surety shall retain a duplicate copy of a receipt issued under Subsection (a). The copy of the receipt shall be made available for inspection by:\n(1) a representative of the board in any county in which the bail bond surety is licensed; and\n(2) an appointed representative of a court in which the bail bond surety agrees to execute bail bonds.\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.","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#1704.305","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"35b803f77e03a08122add70e4221c607b4aa4bc867d698cbc75562e17ec257c8","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1704.304","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1704.306"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}