{"data":{"id":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-953.160","jurisdiction":"us-tx","citation":"Tex. Occupations Code § 953.160","heading":"LIMITATIONS ON COMPANY NAME.","body":"(a) A company 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 company.\n(b) This section does not apply to a company that, before September 1, 2003, included a word prohibited under this section in its name. A company described by this subsection must include in each legal service contract a statement substantially similar to the following: \"This agreement is not an insurance contract.\"\nAdded by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1181, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.","path":["OCCUPATIONS CODE","TITLE 5. REGULATION OF FINANCIAL AND LEGAL SERVICES","SUBTITLE B. LEGAL SERVICES","CHAPTER 953. REGULATION OF FOR-PROFIT LEGAL SERVICE CONTRACT COMPANIES","SUBCHAPTER D. PRACTICE BY LEGAL SERVICE CONTRACT COMPANIES"],"source_url":"https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/OC/htm/OC.953.htm#953.160","current_through":"89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025","vintage":"","retrieved_at":"2026-08-27T01:47:31Z","sha256":"9a801540a5f3cc2f4cc4583a388cc674a37cfc0d5fbee6fe0a5e4a8bbcfd9baa","source_id":"us-tx","stale":false,"prev":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-953.159","next":"us-tx/tex.-occupations-code-953.161"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}