{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1802.302","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 1802.302","heading":"FRIVOLOUS CLAIM; OFFENSE.","body":"(a) A person commits an offense if the person intends to benefit personally or to harm another and the person:\n(1) institutes under this chapter a claim in which the person knows the person has no interest; or\n(2) institutes under this chapter a frivolous suit or a claim that the person knows is false.\n(b) 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 11. REGULATION OF SALES AND SOLICITATION","CHAPTER 1802. AUCTIONEERS","SUBCHAPTER G. CRIMINAL PENALTIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.1802.htm#1802.302","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"1cc9d1ed45a88bf9c9cb32548137c6878cff024413fa19372301a40ae7062eee","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1802.301","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-1803.001"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}