Tex. Insurance Code § 651.157
This is the official text of Tex. Insurance Code § 651.157, part of Texas’s Insurance Code — regulates insurance companies and the policies they sell.
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§ 651.157.
Official statutory text
Sec. 651.157. PERFECTION OF PREMIUM FINANCE AGREEMENT AS SECURED TRANSACTION: FILING NOT REQUIRED. Filing of a premium finance agreement or a financing statement is not necessary to perfect the agreement as a secured transaction against a creditor, subsequent purchaser, pledgee, encumbrancer, successor, or assign of the insured or any other party.
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