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Texas Finance Code § 154.401

Criminal Penalty for Certain Violations of Chapter

Prepaid Funeral Services · Criminal Penalties and Civil Remedies

(a) Except as provided by Section 154.402, an officer, director, agent, or employee of a seller commits an offense if the person:

(1) makes or attempts to make a contract in violation of this chapter;

(2) refuses to allow an inspection of the seller's records relating to the sale of prepaid funeral benefits;

(3) engages in fraud, deception, misrepresentation, or another dishonest practice in the sale of a contract subject to this chapter; or

(4) otherwise violates this chapter.

(b) An offense under this section for which a penalty is not expressly provided by this subchapter is punishable by:

(1) a fine of not less than $100 or more than $500;

(2) confinement in the county jail for a term of not less than one month or more than six months; or

(3) both the fine and confinement.

(c) Each violation of this chapter is a separate offense and shall be prosecuted individually.

Official text of the Texas Finance Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

Official source
Legislative history

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

This section refers to

§ 154.402

Sections that refer to this one

§ 154.403§ 154.415