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2025 Texas Statutes
Insurance Code - Not Codified
Title 1 - The Insurance Code of 1951
Chapter 21 - General Provisions
Subchapter E. Miscellaneous Provisions
Article 21.47. False Statement in Written Instrument; Penalty
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art 21.47 (2025)
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(a) A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally makes, files or uses any instrument in writing required to be made to or filed with the State Board of Insurance or the Insurance Commissioner, either by the Insurance Code or by rule or regulation of the State Board of Insurance, when the instrument in writing contains any false, fictitious, or fraudulent statement or entry with regard to any material fact.
(b) For purposes of this article, "Texas Department of Insurance" includes but is not limited to the executive director of the Texas Department of Insurance, the State Board of Insurance, or any association, corporation, or person created by the Insurance Code.
(c) An offense under this article is a felony of the third degree.
Added by Acts 1971, 62nd Leg., p. 2449, ch. 789, Sec. 2, eff. June 8, 1971.
Amended by Acts 1991, 72nd Leg., ch. 565, Sec. 7, eff. Sept. 1, 1991.
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