Tex. Finance Code § 345.201
This is the official text of Tex. Finance Code § 345.201, part of Texas’s Finance Code — regulates banks and other financial institutions.
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§ 345.201. PROPERTY INSURANCE.
Official statutory text
(a) A holder may request or require a retail buyer to insure the property purchased or improved under a retail installment transaction, including the purchase of title insurance on real property that is involved in the retail installment contract or retail charge agreement and that is subject to a security interest of the holder, including a lien.
(b) If the property is a boat that may be enrolled or licensed as a yacht with the United States Coast Guard and subject to the maritime laws of the United States, a holder may also require a retail buyer to provide in connection with the boat:
(1) protection and indemnity insurance;
(2) longshoremen's and harbor worker's compensation insurance; and
(3) medical payments insurance.
(c) The insurance and the premiums or charges for the insurance must bear a reasonable relationship to:
(1) the amount, term, and conditions of the retail installment contract or retail charge agreement;
(2) the existing hazards or risk of loss, damage, or destruction; or
(3) the potential liability.
(d) The insurance may not:
(1) cover unusual or exceptional risks; or
(2) provide coverage not ordinarily included in policies issued to the public.
(e) The holder may include the cost of insurance provided under this section as a separate charge in the contract or agreement.
(b) If the property is a boat that may be enrolled or licensed as a yacht with the United States Coast Guard and subject to the maritime laws of the United States, a holder may also require a retail buyer to provide in connection with the boat:
(1) protection and indemnity insurance;
(2) longshoremen's and harbor worker's compensation insurance; and
(3) medical payments insurance.
(c) The insurance and the premiums or charges for the insurance must bear a reasonable relationship to:
(1) the amount, term, and conditions of the retail installment contract or retail charge agreement;
(2) the existing hazards or risk of loss, damage, or destruction; or
(3) the potential liability.
(d) The insurance may not:
(1) cover unusual or exceptional risks; or
(2) provide coverage not ordinarily included in policies issued to the public.
(e) The holder may include the cost of insurance provided under this section as a separate charge in the contract or agreement.
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