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Tex. Occ. Code § 1802.302

FRIVOLOUS CLAIM; OFFENSE

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff

(a) A person commits an offense if the person intends to benefit personally or to harm another and the person:

(1) institutes under this chapter a claim in which the person knows the person has no interest; or

(2) institutes under this chapter a frivolous suit or a claim that the person knows is false.

(b) An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

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