Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.654
This is the official text of Tex. Occupations Code § 1101.654, part of Texas’s Occupations Code — governs professional and occupational licensing.
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§ 1101.654. SUSPENSION OR REVOCATION OF LICENSE OR CERTIFICATE FOR UNAUTHORIZED PRACTICE OF LAW.
Official statutory text
(a) The commission shall suspend or revoke the license or certificate of registration of a license or certificate holder who is not a licensed attorney in this state and who, for consideration, a reward, or a pecuniary benefit, present or anticipated, direct or indirect, or in connection with the person's employment, agency, or fiduciary relationship as a license or certificate holder:
(1) drafts an instrument, other than a form described by Section 1101.155, that transfers or otherwise affects an interest in real property; or
(2) advises a person regarding the validity or legal sufficiency of an instrument or the validity of title to real property.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a license or certificate holder who completes a contract form for the sale, exchange, option, or lease of an interest in real property incidental to acting as a broker is not engaged in the unauthorized or illegal practice of law in this state if the form was:
(1) adopted by the commission for the type of transaction for which the form is used;
(2) prepared by an attorney licensed in this state and approved by the attorney for the type of transaction for which the form is used; or
(3) prepared by the property owner or by an attorney and required by the property owner.
(1) drafts an instrument, other than a form described by Section 1101.155, that transfers or otherwise affects an interest in real property; or
(2) advises a person regarding the validity or legal sufficiency of an instrument or the validity of title to real property.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, a license or certificate holder who completes a contract form for the sale, exchange, option, or lease of an interest in real property incidental to acting as a broker is not engaged in the unauthorized or illegal practice of law in this state if the form was:
(1) adopted by the commission for the type of transaction for which the form is used;
(2) prepared by an attorney licensed in this state and approved by the attorney for the type of transaction for which the form is used; or
(3) prepared by the property owner or by an attorney and required by the property owner.
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