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Tex. Fin. Code § 154.405

CRIMINAL PENALTY FOR AGENT'S FAILURE TO DEPOSIT CERTAIN MONEY

Applied in 1 court decision — leading case Baumgart v. State (2017)

Most recently applied in Baumgart v. State (March 2017)

Acts 1997, 75th Leg., ch. 1008, Sec. 1, eff

(a) A designated agent of a seller commits an offense if the agent fails to deposit money collected under a prepaid funeral benefits contract before the 31st day after the date it is received by the agent.

(b) It is an exception to the application of this section that the failure to make a deposit is inadvertent and is corrected before the 11th day after the date the seller discovers the failure.

(c) An offense under this section is punishable as if it were an offense under Section 32.45, Penal Code.

Official source: Texas Constitution and Statutes. Reproduced from public-domain Texas statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.