Texas Government Code Title 2, Chapter 83 - Certain Unauthorized Practice Of Law

  • Texas Section 83.001 - Prohibited Acts
    (a) A person, other than a person described in Subsection (b), may not charge or receive, either directly or indirectly, any compensation for all or...
  • Texas Section 83.002 - Expenses
    This chapter does not prevent an attorney from paying secretarial, paralegal, or other ordinary and reasonable expenses necessarily and actually incurred by the attorney for...
  • Texas Section 83.003 - Forms
    This chapter does not prevent a person from completing lease or rental forms that: (1) have been prepared by an attorney licensed in this state...
  • Texas Section 83.004 - Cumulative Remedies
    This chapter is not exclusive and does not limit or restrict the definition of the practice of law in the State Bar Act (Chapter 81)....
  • Texas Section 83.005 - Recovery
    A person who pays a fee prohibited by this chapter may bring suit for and is entitled to: (1) recovery of the fee paid; (2)...
  • Texas Section 83.006 - Unauthorized Practice Of Law
    A violation of this chapter constitutes the unauthorized practice of law and may be enjoined by a court of competent jurisdiction. Added by Acts 1989,...

Last modified: September 28, 2016