Occupations Code › Title 11 › Chapter 1802 › Subchapter G

Texas Occupations Code § 1802.302

Frivolous Claim; Offense

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(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 text of the Texas Occupations Code as published by the Texas Legislative Council.

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Legislative history

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