Sec. 1704.305.  BAIL BOND RECEIPT AND INSPECTION;  OFFENSE.  (a)  A bail bond surety or an agent of a bail bond surety may not receive money or other consideration or thing of value from a person for whom the bail bond surety executes a bond unless the bail bond surety or agent issues a receipt to the person as provided by Subsection (b).
(b)  The receipt must state:
(1)  the name of the person who pays the money or transfers the consideration or thing of value;
(2)  the amount of money paid or the estimated amount of value transferred;
(3)  if the person transfers consideration or a thing of value, a brief description of the consideration or thing of value;
(4)  the style and number of the case and the court in which the bond is executed;  and
(5)  the name of the person receiving the money, consideration, or thing of value.
(c)  A bail bond surety or an agent of a bail bond surety shall retain a duplicate copy of a receipt issued under Subsection (a).  The copy of the receipt shall be made available for inspection by:
(1)  a representative of the board in any county in which the bail bond surety is licensed;  and
(2)  an appointed representative of a court in which the bail bond surety agrees to execute bail bonds.
(e)  A person commits an offense if the person violates this section.  An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.
Acts 1999, 76th Leg., ch. 388, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 1999.