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2025 Texas Statutes
Labor Code
Title 2 - Protection of Laborers
Subtitle C - Wages
Chapter 64 - Redemption of Employer's Evidences of Indebtedness for Wages
Section 64.003. Action to Enforce Redemption; Penalty
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TX Lab Code § 64.003 (2025)
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Sec. 64.003. ACTION TO ENFORCE REDEMPTION; PENALTY. (a) A holder who under Section 64.002 presents an employer's evidence of indebtedness and demands redemption is entitled, if the person using the employer's evidence of indebtedness refuses redemption, to recover from that person:
(1) the value of the employer's evidence of indebtedness;
(2) a penalty in an amount equal to 25 percent of the amount due; and
(3) costs of court and reasonable attorney's fees.
(b) The holder may bring an action under Subsection (a) in the holder's own name.
Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 76, Sec. 9.18(a), eff. Sept. 1, 1995.
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