Lon smith roofing is just one roofing company that allegedly uses illegal claims adjusting tactics.
Is it illegal to sit on my roof in texas.
I m assuming for the sake of this answer the hypothetical roof sitter is not doing anything else such as using illegal drugs drinking underage threatening suicide etc.
Contractors who have broken the 1989 law by waving deductibles primarily roofing contractors are known as deductible eaters.
Waiving insurance policy deductibles you scratch my back and i ll scratch yours has been common place in texas since 1989 and came about as the result of a poorly worded statute passed that same year that contractors have basically ignored.
Today while sitting on my roof with a few friends a few cops pulled up and told us all to get off the roof.
You can call law enforc.
Texas department of insurance 333 guadalupe austin tx 78701 p o.
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Stuff is reporting that property owners have been fined 1500 for allowing people to sit on their roof and watch car races.
North texas homeowners can no longer take advantage of a free roof under a new law that goes into effect sept.
A new law if approved by gov.
Box 149104 austin tx 78714 512 676 6000 800 578 4677.
Under texas house bill 2102 approved in the most recent legislative session.
These roofers prey on unsuspecting homeowners.
We have two windows that lead out directly to the roof and we walk around to the back of the house where no one can see us.
To get the job texas roofers often offer homeowners a free roof by agreeing to pay the homeowner s insurance deductible.
Thousands of other texas roofers use tactics like this every single day.
No illegal activity was being done while on it.
Is it illegal to sit on my roof.
Just sitting on their own roof.
Abbott is designed to end the illegal.
Me some of my siblings and my friends sometimes go out on my roof and just hang out.
Other texas roofers use similar tactics be vigilant when dealing with roofers or contractors.