Texas § 2652.203 NOTICE OF DISCIPLINARY OR ENFORCEMENT ACTION; AUTOMATIC DISMISSAL.

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§ 2652.203 — NOTICE OF DISCIPLINARY OR ENFORCEMENT ACTION; AUTOMATIC DISMISSAL.

Texas § 2652.203

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Tex. Insurance Code Code Ann. § 2652.203 (2026).

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Sec. 2652.203. NOTICE OF DISCIPLINARY OR ENFORCEMENT ACTION; AUTOMATIC DISMISSAL.

(a)The department shall notify a license holder of a disciplinary action or enforcement action against the license holder not later than the 30th business day after the date the department assigns a file number to the action, except that this subsection does not apply to a file or action:

(1)that is the subject of a pending criminal investigation or prosecution; or

(2)about which the department makes a good faith determination that there is a credible suspicion that there are ongoing or continuing acts of fraud by a person who is the subject of the action.

(b)A notice required by Subsection (a) must provide a license holder fair notice of the alleged facts known by the department on the date of the notice

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Sec. 2652.203. NOTICE OF DISCIPLINARY OR ENFORCEMENT ACTION; AUTOMATIC DISMISSAL. (a) The department shall notify a license holder of a disciplinary action or enforcement action against the license holder not later than the 30th business day after the date the department assigns a file number to the action, except that this subsection does not apply to a file or action:
(1) that is the subject of a pending criminal investigation or prosecution; or
(2) about which the department makes a good faith determination that there is a credible suspicion that there are ongoing or continuing acts of fraud by a person who is the subject of the action.
(b) A notice required by Subsection (a) must provide a license holder fair notice of the alleged facts known by the department on the date of the notice that constitute grounds for the action.
(c) A disciplinary or enforcement action is automatically dismissed with prejudice, unless the department serves a notice of hearing on the license holder not later than the 60th business day after the date the department receives a hearing request from the license holder.
(d) The department may provide information about an enforcement action, including a copy of a notice issued under this section, to each title insurance agent or direct operation with which an escrow officer has, or proposes to obtain, an appointment under Section 2652.1511 .
(e) Except as prohibited by Chapter 552 , Government Code, or any other law, on the date an enforcement action against an escrow officer becomes final, the department shall provide information about the action, including a copy of a commissioner's order or department warning issued under this section, to each title insurance agent or direct operation for which the escrow officer holds appointment under Section 2652.1511 .

Legislative History

Added by Acts 2011, 82nd Leg., R.S., Ch. 1011 (H.B. 2408 ), Sec. 7, eff. September 1, 2011. Amended by: Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 232 (H.B. 2491 ), Sec. 10, eff. September 1, 2015.