Texas Statutes (Last Updated: January 4, 2014) |
GOVERNMENT CODE |
Title 6. PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES |
Subtitle A. PROVISIONS GENERALLY APPLICABLE TO PUBLIC OFFICERS AND EMPLOYEES |
Chapter 603. PROVISION OF DOCUMENTS AND FEES OF OFFICE |
Sec. 603.010. OVERCHARGING OF FEES; PENALTY
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An officer named in this chapter who demands and receives a higher fee than authorized under this chapter or a fee that is not authorized under this chapter is liable to the aggrieved person for four times the amount unlawfully demanded and received.
Added by Acts 1993, 73rd Leg., ch. 268, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1993.