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Tex. Penal Code § 35.02 (2026)

Insurance Fraud

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Sec. 35.02. INSURANCE FRAUD. (a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to defraud or deceive an insurer, the person, in support of a claim for payment under an insurance policy:

(1) prepares or causes to be prepared a statement that:

(A) the person knows contains false or misleading material information; and

(B) is presented to an insurer; or

(2) presents or causes to be presented to an insurer a statement that the person knows contains false or misleading material information.

(a-1) A person commits an offense if the person, with intent to defraud or deceive an insurer and in support of an application for an insurance policy:

(1) prepares or causes to be prepared a statement that:

(A) the person knows contains false or misleading material information; and

(B) is presented to an insurer; or

(2) presents or causes to be presented to an insurer a statement that the person knows contains false or misleading material information.

(b) A person commits an offense if, with intent to defraud or deceive an insurer, the person solicits, offers, pays, or receives a benefit in connection with the furnishing of goods or services for which a claim for payment is submitted under an insurance policy.

(1) a Class C misdemeanor if the value of the claim is less than $100;

(2) a Class B misdemeanor if the value of the claim is $100 or more but less than $750;

(3) a Class A misdemeanor if the value of the claim is $750 or more but less than $2,500;

(4) a state jail felony if the value of the claim is $2,500 or more but less than $30,000;

(5) a felony of the third degree if the value of the claim is $30,000 or more but less than $150,000;

(6) a felony of the second degree if the value of the claim is $150,000 or more but less than $300,000; or

(7) a felony of the first degree if:

(A) the value of the claim is $300,000 or more; or

(B) an act committed in connection with the commission of the offense places a person at risk of death or serious bodily injury.

(d) An offense under Subsection (a-1) is a state jail felony.

(e) The court shall order a defendant convicted of an offense under this section to pay restitution, including court costs and attorney's fees, to an affected insurer.

(f) If conduct that constitutes an offense under this section also constitutes an offense under any other law, the actor may be prosecuted under this section, the other law, or both.

(g) For purposes of this section, if the actor proves by a preponderance of the evidence that a portion of the claim for payment under an insurance policy resulted from a valid loss, injury, expense, or service covered by the policy, the value of the claim is equal to the difference between the total claim amount and the amount of the valid portion of the claim.

(h) If it is shown on the trial of an offense under this section that the actor submitted a bill for goods or services in support of a claim for payment under an insurance policy to the insurer issuing the policy, a rebuttable presumption exists that the actor caused the claim for payment to be prepared or presented.

Added by Acts 1995, 74th Leg., ch. 621, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1995. Amended by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 605, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.

Amended by:

Acts 2005, 79th Leg., Ch. 1162 (H.B. 3376), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2005.

Acts 2015, 84th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1251 (H.B. 1396), Sec. 25, eff. September 1, 2015.

Notes of Decisions

Cited in 21 cases (2 in the last 5 years), 1997–2025 · leading case: Logan v. State, 48 S.W.3d 296 (Tex. App. 2001).

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Logan v. State, 48 S.W.3d 296 (Tex. App. 2001). · cites it 12× “See Tex.Pen.Code Ann. § 35.02 (Vernon Supp.2001).”

Nguyen v. State, 177 S.W.3d 659 (Tex. App. 2005). · cites it 2× “Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 35.02(a) (Vernon Supp.”

Obigbo v. State, 6 S.W.3d 299 (Tex. App. 1999). · cites it 2× “Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 35.02(a) (Vernon Supp.”

Lisanti v. Dixon, 147 S.W.3d 638 (Tex. App. 2004). “” Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 35.02 (Vernon Supp.2004-05).”

Turner v. Precision Surgical, L.L.C., 274 S.W.3d 245 (Tex. App. 2008). “02 (a)(l)(A)-(B), (2) (Vernon 2008) (“A person commits an offense if, with intent to defraud or deceive an insurer, the person, in support of a claim for payment under an insurance policy: (1) prepares or causes to be prepared a statement that: (A) the person knows contains…”

McClellan v. Ritz-Carlton Hotel Co., 961 S.W.2d 463 (Tex. App. 1997). “Tex. Penal Code Ann. § 37.08 (Vernon 1994).”

Ex Parte DeLeon, 972 S.W.2d 23 (Tex. 1998). “In the present ease, defendants alleged that plaintiffs’ attorney had participated in a scheme amounting to insurance fraud, which is a state crime, Tex. Penal Code § 35.02, and perhaps also a federal crime.”

Thomas Simon v. Hannah Robyn Barrum (2025). · cites it 3× “Simon’s negligence per se claim is based on an alleged violation of Texas Penal Code § 35.02, which makes it a criminal offense to commit insurance fraud.”

Roger Marcus v. State (Tex. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “02 read as follows: (a) A person commits an offense if, with intent to defraud or deceive an insurer, the person causes to be prepared or presents to an insurer in support of a claim for payment under a health or property and casualty insurance policy a statement that the person…”

Richard Eugene Pigg v. State (Tex. App. 2007). · cites it 2× “02(a) (10) (specifying that person is guilty of organized criminal activity if he "commits or conspires to commit" insurance fraud "with the intent to establish, maintain, or participate in a combination or in the profits of a combination or as a member of a criminal street…”

Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2018). “TEX. PENAL CODE§ 35.02(a); see also id § 35.”

Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf. v. J. W. M. (Tex. App. 2018). “See Tex. Penal Code § 35.02(a). The Department argues in one issue that J.”

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— Tex. Penal Code § 35.02(a) — 9 cases

Logan v. State, 48 S.W.3d 296 (Tex. App. 2001). “See Tex.Pen.Code Ann. § 35.02 (Vernon Supp.2001).”

Nguyen v. State, 177 S.W.3d 659 (Tex. App. 2005). “Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 35.02(a) (Vernon Supp.”

Obigbo v. State, 6 S.W.3d 299 (Tex. App. 1999). “Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 35.02(a) (Vernon Supp.”

Untitled Texas Attorney Gen. Opinion (Tex. Att'y Gen. 2018). “TEX. PENAL CODE§ 35.02(a); see also id § 35.”

Texas Dep't of Pub. Saf. v. J. W. M. (Tex. App. 2018). “See Tex. Penal Code § 35.02(a). The Department argues in one issue that J.”

— Tex. Penal Code § 35.02(b) — 1 case

Wallace Roofing, Inc. & Royce Dean Wallace v. Linda Benson (Tex. App. 2013).

— Tex. Penal Code § 35.02(c) — 1 case

Thomas Simon v. Hannah Robyn Barrum (2025). “Simon’s negligence per se claim is based on an alleged violation of Texas Penal Code § 35.02, which makes it a criminal offense to commit insurance fraud.”

— Tex. Penal Code § 35.02(c)(8) — 3 cases

Logan v. State, 48 S.W.3d 296 (Tex. App. 2001). “See Tex.Pen.Code Ann. § 35.02 (Vernon Supp.2001).”

Nguyen v. State, 177 S.W.3d 659 (Tex. App. 2005). “Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 35.02(a) (Vernon Supp.”

Obigbo v. State, 6 S.W.3d 299 (Tex. App. 1999). “Tex. Pen.Code Ann. § 35.02(a) (Vernon Supp.”

— Tex. Penal Code § 35.02(d)(1) — 1 case

Logan v. State, 48 S.W.3d 296 (Tex. App. 2001). “See Tex.Pen.Code Ann. § 35.02 (Vernon Supp.2001).”

— Tex. Penal Code § 35.02(d)(7)(A) — 1 case

Logan v. State, 48 S.W.3d 296 (Tex. App. 2001). “See Tex.Pen.Code Ann. § 35.02 (Vernon Supp.2001).”

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