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Occupations Code §1704.304

In force on Apr 02, 2013 · 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-1019 (Apr 02, 2013): Whether advertising by a bail bond licensee in a magazine that is distributed to pretrial detainees held in the county jail, when the licensee has an exclusive agreement that no advertisements from other licensees will appear in the magazine, could ever constitute unlawful "solicitation" in violation of section 1704.304(c) of the Texas Occupation Code
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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