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Tex. Ins. Code § 3503.002

EXECUTION OF OBLIGATION BY SURETY COMPANY

Added by Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 727 (H.B. 2017), Sec. 3, eff

(a) A surety company authorized to engage in business in this state may execute an obligation.

(b) Except as provided by Section 3503.004 or 3503.005, the execution of an obligation by a surety company under Subsection (a) is in full compliance with each law, charter, ordinance, or rule that requires:

(1) the obligation to be executed by one or more sureties; or

(2) the executing sureties to possess any qualification, including the requirement that a surety be a resident, householder, or freeholder.

(c) Each municipality, board, body, organization, court, public officer, and head of department shall accept and treat an obligation executed by a surety company under Subsection (a) as fully complying with each law, charter, ordinance, or rule described by Subsection (b).

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