§ 281.001 Definitions
§ 281.002 Reporting Suspected Financial Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults
§ 281.003 Notifying Third Parties of Suspected Financial Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults
§ 281.004 Temporary Hold On Transactions in Certain Cases of Suspected Financial Exploitation of Vulnerable Adults
§ 281.005 Immunity
§ 281.006 Records

Terms Used In Texas Finance Code Chapter 281 - Protection of Vulnerable Adults From Financial Exploitation

  • Appeal: A request made after a trial, asking another court (usually the court of appeals) to decide whether the trial was conducted properly. To make such a request is "to appeal" or "to take an appeal." One who appeals is called the appellant.
  • Appropriation: The provision of funds, through an annual appropriations act or a permanent law, for federal agencies to make payments out of the Treasury for specified purposes. The formal federal spending process consists of two sequential steps: authorization
  • Fraud: Intentional deception resulting in injury to another.
  • Person: includes corporation, organization, government or governmental subdivision or agency, business trust, estate, trust, partnership, association, and any other legal entity. See Texas Government Code 311.005
  • Power of attorney: A written instrument which authorizes one person to act as another's agent or attorney. The power of attorney may be for a definite, specific act, or it may be general in nature. The terms of the written power of attorney may specify when it will expire. If not, the power of attorney usually expires when the person granting it dies. Source: OCC
  • Testimony: Evidence presented orally by witnesses during trials or before grand juries.