Section 1704.305 - Bail Bond Receipt and Inspection; Offense(a) A bail bond surety or an agent of a bail bond surety may not receive money or other consideration or thing of value from a person for whom the bail bond surety executes a bond unless the bail bond surety or agent issues a receipt to the person as provided by Subsection (b).(b) The receipt must state: (1) the name of the person who pays the money or transfers the consideration or thing of value;(2) the amount of money paid or the estimated amount of value transferred;(3) if the person transfers consideration or a thing of value, a brief description of the consideration or thing of value;(4) the style and number of the case and the court in which the bond is executed; and(5) the name of the person receiving the money, consideration, or thing of value.(c) A bail bond surety or an agent of a bail bond surety shall retain a duplicate copy of a receipt issued under Subsection (a). The copy of the receipt shall be made available for inspection by: (1) a representative of the board in any county in which the bail bond surety is licensed; and(2) an appointed representative of a court in which the bail bond surety agrees to execute bail bonds.(e) A person commits an offense if the person violates this section. An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.Tex. Occ. Code § 1704.305
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. 9/1/1999.