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Occupations Code §1704.304

In force on Jul 12, 2006 · this text took effect Sep 01, 2001 · same as today's text

PROHIBITED RECOMMENDATIONS OR SOLICITATIONS; OFFENSE

(a) A bail bond surety or an agent of a bail bond surety may not recommend or suggest to a person for whom the bail bond surety executes a bond the employment of an attorney or law firm in connection with a criminal offense. (b) The following persons may not recommend a particular bail bond surety to another person: (1) a police officer, sheriff, or deputy; (2) a constable, jailer, or employee of a law enforcement agency; (3) a judge or employee of a court; (4) another public official; or (5) an employee of a related agency. (c) A bail bond surety or an agent of a bail bond surety may not solicit bonding business in a police station, jail, prison, detention facility, or other place of detainment for persons in the custody of law enforcement. (d) A person may not place a device in a place of detention, confinement, or imprisonment that dispenses a bail bond in exchange for a fee. (e) A person commits an offense if the person violates this section. An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.

History: Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999. Amended by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1262, Sec. 15, eff. Sept. 1, 2001.

Source: the Legislature's file server, seen Nov 08, 2026.

Every version on file

Effective Sep 01, 2001 · seen Nov 2026–Nov 2026

Attorney General opinions that cite it

GA-0502 (Jul 12, 2006): Whether section 1704.304(c) of the Occupations Code, which prohibits solicitation of bail bond customers in a jail, extends to advertising or licensee information displayed on a licensee’s vehicle when the vehicle is located in a county jail parking lot
GA-0299 (Aug 20, 2004): Whether a bail bond surety who is convicted ofviolatingsection 1704.304(c) ofthe Occupations Code has committed a crime of moral turpitude for purposes of section 1704.302(c) thereof

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