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2025 Texas Statutes
Occupations Code
Title 11 - Regulation of Sales and Solicitation
Chapter 1802 - Auctioneers
Subchapter E. Complaint Procedures
Section 1802.205. Payment of Claim

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TX Occ Code § 1802.205 (2025)
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Sec. 1802.205. PAYMENT OF CLAIM. (a) If the department's determination under Section 1802.202 is not disputed by the auctioneer, the department shall pay the claim from the fund, subject to Section 1802.206.

(b) If a hearing is held on the department's determination, the department shall pay to the aggrieved party the amount of actual damages as determined by an administrative law judge with the State Office of Administrative Hearings who presided over the hearing, subject to Section 1802.206.

(c) The amount of actual damages may not include attorney's fees, speculative damages, or lost profits.

Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 816, Sec. 26.052, eff. Sept. 1, 2003; Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1276, Sec. 14A.370, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

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Acts 2023, 88th Leg., R.S., Ch. 626 (H.B. 4416), Sec. 18, eff. September 1, 2023.

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