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Tex. Ins. Code § 548.201

OFFENSES; CRIMINAL PENALTY

Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1274, Sec. 2, eff

(a) A person commits an offense if the person intentionally:

(1) violates this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter; or

(2) makes or causes to be made a statement that is false or misleading with respect to a material fact in a document required to be filed by this chapter or a rule adopted under this chapter.

(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), an offense under this section is punishable by:

(1) a fine not to exceed $10,000;

(2) imprisonment for not more than two years; or

(3) both the fine and imprisonment.

(c) A person may not be punished by imprisonment for violating a rule as prescribed by this section if the person proves that the person had no knowledge of the rule.

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