GENERAL EXEMPTIONS

This chapter does not apply to: (1) an officer or employee of the federal or state government or of a political subdivision of the state government while the officer or employee is engaged in the performance of official duties; (2) an attorney engaged in the performance of the attorney's professional duties; (3) insurers admitted to do business in the state and agents licensed by this state, engaged in the performance of their duties in connection with insurance transactions; (4) the legal owner of personal property that has been sold under a conditional sales agreement or a mortgagee under the terms of a chattel mortgage; (5) a salaried office employee who performs exclusively clerical or administrative duties attendant to the disposition of the business regulated by this chapter; (6) a photographer, estimator, appraiser, engineer, or arbitrator employed by a public insurance adjuster exclusively for the purpose of furnishing technical assistance to the licensed public insurance adjuster; (7) a private investigator licensed under Chapter 1702, Occupations Code, while acting within the scope of that license; or (8) a full-time salaried employee of a property owner or a property management company retained by a property owner who: (A) does not hold the employee out as: (i) a public insurance adjuster; or (ii) a building, roofing, or other restoration contractor; (B) has not been hired to handle a specific claim resulting from a fire or casualty loss; and (C) acts at the sole discretion of the property owner or management company regarding a claim related to the owner's property.