Texas § FI.396.252 - FRAUDULENT, DECEPTIVE, OR MISLEADING REPRESENTATIONS
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§ FI.396.252. FRAUDULENT, DECEPTIVE, OR MISLEADING REPRESENTATIONS
FRAUDULENT, DECEPTIVE, OR MISLEADING REPRESENTATIONS. In enforcing a child support obligation, a private child support enforcement agency or employee of the agency may not: (1) identify the agency by any name other than one by which the agency is authorized to do business under the laws of this state; (2) falsely represent the nature of the child support enforcement activities in which the agency is authorized by law to engage; or (3) falsely represent that an oral or written communication is the communication of an attorney. Added by Acts 2001, 77th Leg., ch. 1023, Sec. 73, eff. Sept. 1, 2001. Amended by: Acts 2019, 86th Leg., R.S., Ch. 20 (S.B. 614 ), Sec. 36, eff. September 1, 2019. SUBCHAPTER H. CIVIL REMEDIES
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