Tex. Property Code § 5.259
This is the official text of Tex. Property Code § 5.259, part of Texas’s Property Code — governs real property, landlord-tenant law, and property transactions.
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§ 5.259. CIVIL PENALTY.
Official statutory text
(a) The attorney general may bring an action in the name of the state against a company or entity that violates this subchapter.
(b) A company or entity that a court determines in an action brought under this section to have violated this subchapter is liable to the state for a civil penalty equal to the greater of:
(1) $250,000; or
(2) 50 percent of the market value of the interest in real property that is the subject of the violation.
(b) A company or entity that a court determines in an action brought under this section to have violated this subchapter is liable to the state for a civil penalty equal to the greater of:
(1) $250,000; or
(2) 50 percent of the market value of the interest in real property that is the subject of the violation.
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