Tex. Tax Code Sec. 42.04. INTERVENTION BY STATE OR POLITICAL SUBDIVISION OWNING PROPERTY SUBJECT TO TAXABLE LEASEHOLD. If the challenge or protest relates to a taxable leasehold or other possessory interest in real property that is owned by this state or a political subdivision of this state, the attorney general or a representative of the state agency that owns the real property, if the real property is owned by this state, or a person designated by the political subdivision that owns the real property, as applicable, may intervene in an appeal of an order of an appraisal review board determining a challenge by a taxing unit or a taxpayer protest.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 42.05. COMPTROLLER AS PARTY. The comptroller is an opposing party in an appeal by a county or a property owner of an order of the comptroller apportioning among the counties the appraised value of railroad rolling stock.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 42.06. NOTICE OF APPEAL.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 42.07. COSTS OF APPEAL. The reviewing court in its discretion may charge all or part of the costs of an appeal taken as provided by this chapter against any of the parties.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 42.08. FORFEITURE OF REMEDY FOR NONPAYMENT OF TAXES.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 42.081. DEFERRAL OF DELINQUENT TAX SUIT DURING APPEAL. A taxing unit that imposes taxes on property that is the subject of an appeal under this chapter may not file a suit to collect a delinquent tax on the property during the pendency of the appeal unless it is determined by the court that the property owner failed to comply with Section 42.08.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 42.09. REMEDIES EXCLUSIVE.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 42.21. PETITION FOR REVIEW.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 42.22. VENUE. Venue is in the county in which the appraisal review board that issued the order appealed is located, except as provided by Section 42.221. Venue is in Travis County if the order appealed was issued by the comptroller.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 42.221. CONSOLIDATED APPEALS FOR MULTICOUNTY PROPERTY.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 42.225. PROPERTY OWNER'S RIGHT TO APPEAL THROUGH ARBITRATION.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 42.226. MEDIATION. On motion by a party to an appeal under this chapter, the court shall enter an order requiring the parties to attend mediation. The court may enter an order requiring the parties to attend mediation on its own motion.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 42.227. PRETRIAL SETTLEMENT DISCUSSIONS.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 42.23. SCOPE OF REVIEW.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 42.231. JURISDICTION OF DISTRICT COURT; REMAND OF CERTAIN APPEALS.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 42.24. ACTION BY COURT. In determining an appeal, the district court may:


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 42.25. REMEDY FOR EXCESSIVE APPRAISAL. If the court determines that the appraised value of property according to the appraisal roll exceeds the appraised value required by law, the property owner is entitled to a reduction of the appraised value on the appraisal roll to the appraised value determined by the court.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 42.26. REMEDY FOR UNEQUAL APPRAISAL.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 42.28. APPEAL OF DISTRICT COURT JUDGMENT. A party may appeal the final judgment of the district court as provided by law for appeal of civil suits generally, except that an appeal bond is not required of the chief appraiser, the county, the comptroller, or the commissioners court.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 42.29. ATTORNEY'S FEES.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 42.30. ATTORNEY NOTICE OF CERTAIN ENGAGEMENTS.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 42.41. CORRECTION OF ROLLS.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 42.42. CORRECTED AND SUPPLEMENTAL TAX BILLS.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 42.43. REFUND.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 43.01. AUTHORITY TO BRING SUIT. A taxing unit may sue the appraisal district that appraises property for the unit to compel the appraisal district to comply with the provisions of this title, rules of the comptroller, or other applicable law.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 43.02. VENUE. Venue is in the county in which the appraisal district is established.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 43.03. ACTION BY COURT. The court as the evidence warrants shall enter those orders necessary to compel compliance by the appraisal office.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 43.04. SUIT TO COMPEL COMPLIANCE WITH DEADLINES. The governing body of a taxing unit may sue the chief appraiser or members of the appraisal review board, as applicable, for failure to comply with the deadlines imposed by Section 25.22(a), 26.01(a), or 41.12. If the court finds that the chief appraiser or appraisal review board failed to comply for good cause shown, the court shall enter an order fixing a reasonable deadline for compliance. If the court finds that the chief appraiser or appraisal review board failed to comply without good cause, the court shall enter an order requiring the chief appraiser or appraisal review board to comply with the deadline not later than the 10th day after the date the judgment is signed. In a suit brought under this section, the court may enter any other order the court considers necessary to ensure compliance with the court's deadline or the applicable statutory requirements. Failure to obey an order of the court is punishable as contempt.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 5.01. PROPERTY TAX ADMINISTRATION ADVISORY BOARD.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 5.03. POWERS AND DUTIES GENERALLY.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 5.04. TRAINING AND EDUCATION OF APPRAISERS.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 5.041. TRAINING OF APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD MEMBERS.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 5.042. REQUIRED TRAINING FOR CHIEF APPRAISERS.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 5.043. TRAINING OF ARBITRATORS.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 5.044. TRAINING OF APPRAISAL DISTRICT BOARD OF DIRECTORS MEMBERS IN POPULOUS COUNTIES.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 5.05. APPRAISAL MANUALS AND OTHER MATERIALS.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 5.06. TAXPAYER ASSISTANCE PAMPHLET. The comptroller shall prepare and electronically publish a pamphlet that:


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 5.061. EXPLANATION OF INFORMATION RELATED TO HEIR PROPERTY. The comptroller shall prepare and electronically publish a pamphlet that provides information to assist heir property owners in applying for a residence homestead exemption authorized by Chapter 11. The pamphlet must include:


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 5.07. PROPERTY TAX FORMS AND RECORDS SYSTEMS.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 5.08. PROFESSIONAL AND TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 5.09. BIENNIAL REPORTS.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 5.091. STATEWIDE LIST OF TAX RATES.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 5.10. RATIO STUDIES.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 5.102. REVIEW OF APPRAISAL DISTRICTS.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 5.103. APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD OVERSIGHT.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 5.104. APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD SURVEY; REPORT.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 5.12. PERFORMANCE AUDIT OF APPRAISAL DISTRICT.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 5.13. ADMINISTRATION OF PERFORMANCE AUDITS.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 5.14. PUBLIC ACCESS, INFORMATION, AND COMPLAINTS.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 5.16. ADMINISTRATIVE PROVISIONS.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.01. APPRAISAL DISTRICTS ESTABLISHED.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.02. DISTRICT BOUNDARIES.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.03. BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN LESS POPULOUS COUNTIES.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.0301. BOARD OF DIRECTORS IN POPULOUS COUNTIES.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.0302. ACKNOWLEDGEMENT OF DIRECTOR'S DUTIES.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.031. CHANGES IN BOARD MEMBERSHIP OR SELECTION.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.032. BALLOT PROCEDURES FOR ELECTED DIRECTORS; FILING FEE OR PETITION.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.033. RECALL OF APPOINTED DIRECTOR.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.034. OPTIONAL STAGGERED TERMS FOR BOARD OF DIRECTORS.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.035. RESTRICTIONS ON ELIGIBILITY AND CONDUCT OF BOARD MEMBERS AND CHIEF APPRAISERS AND THEIR RELATIVES.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.036. INTEREST IN CERTAIN CONTRACTS PROHIBITED.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.037. PARTICIPATION OF CONSERVATION AND RECLAMATION DISTRICTS IN APPRAISAL DISTRICT MATTERS. In this title, a reference to the taxing units entitled to vote on the appointment of appraisal district board members includes the conservation and reclamation districts participating in the appraisal district, without regard to whether the conservation and reclamation districts are currently entitled to do so under Section 6.03(c). In a provision of this title other than Section 6.03 or 6.031 that grants authority to a majority or other number of the taxing units entitled to vote on the appointment of appraisal district directors, including the disapproval of the appraisal district budget under Section 6.06 and the disapproval of appraisal district board actions under Section 6.10, the conservation and reclamation districts participating in the appraisal district are given the vote or authority of one taxing unit. That vote or authority is considered exercised only if a majority of the conservation and reclamation districts take the same action to exercise that vote or authority. Otherwise, the conservation and reclamation districts are treated in the same manner as a single taxing unit that is entitled to act but does not take any action on the matter.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.04. ORGANIZATION, MEETINGS, AND COMPENSATION.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.05. APPRAISAL OFFICE.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.0501. APPOINTMENT OF ELIGIBLE CHIEF APPRAISER BY COMPTROLLER.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.051. OWNERSHIP OR LEASE OF REAL PROPERTY.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.052. TAXPAYER LIAISON OFFICER.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.053. ASSISTANCE TO EMERGENCY MANAGEMENT AUTHORITIES. The chief appraiser shall, if requested by the emergency management authorities of a federal, state, or local government agency, provide information and assistance pertinent to disaster mitigation or recovery, including assisting in the estimation of damage from an actual or potential disaster event.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.054. RESTRICTION ON EMPLOYMENT BY APPRAISAL DISTRICT. An individual may not be employed by an appraisal district if the individual:


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.06. APPRAISAL DISTRICT BUDGET AND FINANCING.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.061. CHANGES IN METHOD OF FINANCING.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.062. PUBLICATION OF BUDGET.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.063. FINANCIAL AUDIT.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.07. TAXING UNIT BOUNDARIES. If a new taxing unit is formed or an existing taxing unit's boundaries are altered, the unit shall notify the appraisal office of the new boundaries within 30 days after the date the unit is formed or its boundaries are altered.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.08. NOTICE OF OPTIONAL EXEMPTIONS. If a taxing unit adopts, amends, or repeals an exemption that the unit by law has the option to adopt or not, the taxing unit shall notify the appraisal office of its action and of the terms of the exemption within 30 days after the date of its action.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.09. DESIGNATION OF DISTRICT DEPOSITORY.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.10. DISAPPROVAL OF BOARD ACTIONS. If the governing bodies of a majority of the taxing units entitled to vote on the appointment of board members adopt resolutions disapproving an action, other than adoption of the budget, by the appraisal district board of directors and file them with the secretary of the board within 15 days after the action is taken, the action is revoked effective the day after the day on which the required number of resolutions is filed.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.11. PURCHASING AND CONTRACTING AUTHORITY.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.12. AGRICULTURAL APPRAISAL ADVISORY BOARD.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.13. DISTRICT RECORDS. The preservation, microfilming, destruction, or other disposition of the records of each appraisal district is subject to the requirements of Subtitle C, Title 6, Local Government Code, and rules adopted under that subtitle.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.14. INFORMATION PROVIDED TO TEXAS LEGISLATIVE COUNCIL.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.15. EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS; PENALTY.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.155. CERTAIN COMMUNICATIONS BY TAXING UNITS PROHIBITED; PENALTY.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.16. RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY OWNER ASSISTANCE.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.17. INTERNET WEBSITE REQUIRED FOR POPULOUS DISTRICTS. An appraisal district established in a county with a population of 120,000 or more shall maintain an Internet website.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.21. COUNTY ASSESSOR-COLLECTOR.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.22. ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR FOR OTHER TAXING UNITS.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.23. DUTIES OF ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.231. CONTINUING EDUCATION.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.24. CONTRACTS FOR ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.26. ELECTION TO CONSOLIDATE ASSESSING AND COLLECTING FUNCTIONS.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.27. COMPENSATION FOR ASSESSMENT AND COLLECTION.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.275. RELEASE OF ASSESSOR AND COLLECTOR FROM LIABILITY. A county assessor-collector is not personally liable for the loss of public funds in the custody of the assessor-collector or the assessor-collector's office if a district court enters a declaratory judgment that the loss is due to a reason other than the negligence or misconduct of the assessor-collector.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.28. BONDS FOR STATE AND COUNTY TAXES.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.29. BONDS FOR OTHER TAXES.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.30. ATTORNEYS REPRESENTING TAXING UNITS.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.41. APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.411. EX PARTE COMMUNICATIONS; PENALTY.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.412. RESTRICTIONS ON ELIGIBILITY OF BOARD MEMBERS.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.413. INTEREST IN CERTAIN CONTRACTS PROHIBITED.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.414. AUXILIARY APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD MEMBERS.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.42. ORGANIZATION, MEETINGS AND COMPENSATION.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.425. SPECIAL APPRAISAL REVIEW BOARD PANELS IN CERTAIN DISTRICTS.


Tex. Tax Code Sec. 6.43. PERSONNEL.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 1.101. SHORT TITLES.

Texas Business & Commerce Code (UCC, DTPA)


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 1.102. SCOPE OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies to a transaction to the extent that it is governed by another chapter of this title.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 1.103. CONSTRUCTION OF TITLE TO PROMOTE ITS PURPOSES AND POLICIES; APPLICABILITY OF SUPPLEMENTAL PRINCIPLES OF LAW.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 1.104. CONSTRUCTION AGAINST IMPLIED REPEAL. This title being a general act intended as a unified coverage of its subject matter, no part of it shall be deemed to be impliedly repealed by subsequent legislation if such construction can reasonably be avoided.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 1.105. SEVERABILITY. If any provision or clause of this title or its application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, the invalidity does not affect other provisions or applications of this title which can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to this end the provisions of this title are severable.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 1.106. USE OF SINGULAR AND PLURAL; GENDER. In this title, unless the statutory context otherwise requires:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 1.107. SECTION CAPTIONS. Section captions are parts of this title.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 1.108. RELATION TO ELECTRONIC SIGNATURES IN GLOBAL AND NATIONAL COMMERCE ACT. This title modifies, limits, and supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act (15 U.S.C. Section 7001 et seq.) but does not modify, limit, or supersede Section 101(c) of that Act (15 U.S.C. Section 7001(c)) or authorize electronic delivery of any of the notices described in Section 103(b) of that Act (15 U.S.C. Section 7003(b)).


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 1.109. PREEMPTION. Unless expressly authorized by another statute, a municipality or county may not adopt, enforce, or maintain an ordinance, order, or rule regulating conduct in a field of regulation that is occupied by a provision of this code. An ordinance, order, or rule that violates this section is void, unenforceable, and inconsistent with this code.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 1.201. GENERAL DEFINITIONS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 1.202. NOTICE; KNOWLEDGE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 1.203. LEASE DISTINGUISHED FROM SECURITY INTEREST.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 1.204. VALUE. Except as otherwise provided in Chapters 3, 4, and 5, a person gives value for rights if the person acquires them:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 1.205. REASONABLE TIME; SEASONABLENESS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 1.206. PRESUMPTIONS. Whenever this title creates a "presumption" with respect to a fact, or provides that a fact is "presumed," the trier of fact must find the existence of the fact unless and until evidence is introduced that supports a finding of its nonexistence.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 1.301. TERRITORIAL APPLICATION OF THE TITLE; PARTIES' POWER TO CHOOSE APPLICABLE LAW.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 1.302. VARIATION BY AGREEMENT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 1.303. COURSE OF PERFORMANCE, COURSE OF DEALING, AND USAGE OF TRADE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 1.304. OBLIGATION OF GOOD FAITH. Every contract or duty within this title imposes an obligation of good faith in its performance and enforcement.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 1.305. REMEDIES TO BE LIBERALLY ADMINISTERED.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 1.306. WAIVER OF RENUNCIATION OF CLAIM OR RIGHT AFTER BREACH. A claim or right arising out of an alleged breach may be discharged in whole or in part without consideration by agreement of the aggrieved party in an authenticated record.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 1.307. PRIMA FACIE EVIDENCE BY THIRD-PARTY DOCUMENTS. A document in due form purporting to be a bill of lading, policy or certificate of insurance, official weigher's or inspector's certificate, consular invoice, or any other document authorized or required by the contract to be issued by a third party is prima facie evidence of its own authenticity and genuineness and of the facts stated in the document by the third party.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 1.308. PERFORMANCE OR ACCEPTANCE UNDER RESERVATION OF RIGHTS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 1.309. OPTION TO ACCELERATE AT WILL. A term providing that one party or that party's successor in interest may accelerate payment or performance or require collateral or additional collateral "at will" or when the party "deems itself insecure," or words of similar import, means that the party has power to do so only if that party in good faith believes that the prospect of payment or performance is impaired. The burden of establishing lack of good faith is on the party against which the power has been exercised.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 1.310. SUBORDINATED OBLIGATIONS. An obligation may be issued as subordinated to performance of another obligation of the person obligated, or a creditor may subordinate its right to performance of an obligation by agreement with either the person obligated or another creditor of the person obligated. Subordination does not create a security interest as against either the common debtor or a subordinated creditor.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 101.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 101.002. PROVIDING CRIMINAL HISTORY, MARITAL HISTORY, AND BASIC RIGHTS INFORMATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 101.003. PROVIDING ADDITIONAL CRIMINAL HISTORY, MARITAL HISTORY, AND BASIC RIGHTS INFORMATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 101.004. OBTAINING CRIMINAL HISTORY RECORD INFORMATION AND MARITAL HISTORY INFORMATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 101.005. CIVIL PENALTY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 102.001. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 102.002. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY SEX OFFENDER IN RELATION TO BUSINESS. A sex offender may not:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 102.003. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY BUSINESS IN RELATION TO SEX OFFENDER. If a sexually oriented business knows that a person is a sex offender, the business may not:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 102.0031

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 102.0031. PROHIBITION ON CERTAIN ACTIVITIES BY BUSINESS IN RELATION TO A CHILD. A sexually oriented business may not allow an individual younger than 18 years of age to enter the premises of the business.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 102.004. INJUNCTION OR OTHER RELIEF.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 102.005. CRIMINAL PENALTIES.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 102.051. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 102.052. FEE BASED ON ADMISSIONS; RECORDS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 102.053. REMISSION OF FEE; SUBMISSION OF REPORTS. Each quarter, a sexually oriented business shall:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 102.054. ALLOCATION OF CERTAIN REVENUE FOR SEXUAL ASSAULT PROGRAMS. The comptroller shall deposit the amounts received from the fee imposed under this subchapter to the credit of the sexual assault program fund.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 102.056. ADMINISTRATION, COLLECTION, AND ENFORCEMENT. The provisions of Subtitle B, Title 2, Tax Code, apply to the administration, payment, collection, and enforcement of the fee imposed by this chapter.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 102.101. POSTING OF CERTAIN SIGN REQUIRED.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 102.102. CRIMINAL PENALTY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 103.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 103.002. CRIMINAL PENALTY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 104.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 104.002. PROHIBITED FEES, CHARGES, AND DISCOUNTS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 104.003. CIVIL ACTION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 105.001. DEFINITIONS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 105.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 105.003. REFUELING SERVICES.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 105.004. NOTICE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 105.005. OFFENSE; PENALTY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 105.006. ENFORCEMENT. In addition to enforcement by the prosecuting attorney who represents the state, this chapter may be enforced by the attorney general.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 106.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 106.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter does not apply to an Internet service provider serving as an intermediary for the transmission of electronic messages between members of an online dating service provider.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 106.003. CONDUCT OF CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 106.004. DISCLOSURE BY PROVIDER THAT DOES NOT CONDUCT CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECK.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 106.005. DISCLOSURES BY PROVIDER THAT CONDUCTS CRIMINAL BACKGROUND CHECKS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 106.006. SAFETY AWARENESS DISCLOSURE BY ALL PROVIDERS. An online dating service provider that offers services to residents of this state shall clearly and conspicuously provide a safety awareness notification on the provider's Internet website that includes a list and description of safety measures reasonably designed to increase awareness of safer online dating practices. Examples of the safety awareness notification include the following statements or substantially similar statements:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 106.007. CIVIL PENALTY; INJUNCTION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 106.008. NO PRIVATE RIGHT OF ACTION. This chapter does not create a private right of action.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 107.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 107.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter does not apply to a pay-to-park or valet parking service:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 107.003. REQUIREMENT OF CONTACT INFORMATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 107.004. CIVIL PENALTY. A pay-to-park or valet parking service that violates this chapter is subject to a civil penalty not to exceed $200 for each violation.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 107.005. SUIT FOR CIVIL PENALTY. The attorney general or a county or district attorney may bring an action to recover a civil penalty imposed under Section 107.004.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 108.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 108.002. CERTAIN CHARGES OR SECURITY DEPOSITS PROHIBITED. A commercial lodging establishment or restaurant may not require the payment of an extra fee or charge or a security deposit for a service canine that accompanies an individual to the establishment or restaurant if:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 108.003. LIABILITY FOR PROPERTY DAMAGES.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 108.004. CIVIL PENALTY. The owner or operator of a commercial lodging establishment or restaurant that violates Section 108.002 is liable for a civil penalty in an amount not to exceed $200 for each violation.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 109.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 109.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 109.003. DUTY TO PUBLISH COMPLETE AND ACCURATE CRIMINAL RECORD INFORMATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 109.004. DISPUTING COMPLETENESS OR ACCURACY OF INFORMATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 109.0045

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 109.0045. PUBLICATION OF CONFIDENTIAL JUVENILE RECORD INFORMATION OR CONFIDENTIAL CRIMINAL RECORD INFORMATION OF A CHILD PROHIBITED.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 109.005. PUBLICATION OF CERTAIN CRIMINAL RECORD INFORMATION PROHIBITED; CIVIL LIABILITY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 109.006. CIVIL PENALTY; INJUNCTION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 109.007. VENUE. An action under this chapter must be brought in a district court:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 109.008. CUMULATIVE REMEDIES. The actions and remedies provided by this chapter are not exclusive and are in addition to any other action or remedy provided by law.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 110.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 110.002. REPORTING OF IMAGES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 110.003. CRIMINAL PENALTY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 111.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 111.002. CHARGES AND FEES FOR CERTAIN PAYMENTS AT PRIVATE SCHOOLS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 112.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as the Facilitating Business Rapid Response to State Declared Disasters Act.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 112.002. LEGISLATIVE FINDINGS. The legislature finds that:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 112.003. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 112.004. EXEMPTION OF OUT-OF-STATE BUSINESS ENTITY FROM CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS DURING DISASTER RESPONSE PERIOD. Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by Section 112.006, an out-of-state business entity whose transaction of business in this state is limited to the performance of disaster- or emergency-related work during a disaster response period is not required to:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 112.005. EXEMPTION OF OUT-OF-STATE EMPLOYEE FROM CERTAIN OBLIGATIONS DURING DISASTER RESPONSE PERIOD. Notwithstanding any other law and except as provided by Section 112.006, an out-of-state employee whose only employment in this state is for the performance of disaster- or emergency-related work during a disaster response period is not required to:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 112.006. TRANSACTION TAXES AND FEES. An out-of-state business entity whose transaction of business in this state is limited to the performance of disaster- or emergency-related work during a disaster response period or an out-of-state employee whose only employment in this state is for the performance of disaster- or emergency-related work during a disaster response period is subject to a transaction tax or fee, including a motor fuels tax, sales or use tax, hotel occupancy tax, and the tax imposed on the rental of a motor vehicle, that is imposed in this state, unless the entity or employee is otherwise exempt from the tax or fee.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 112.007. NOTIFICATION PROCEDURES.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 112.008. OBLIGATIONS OF OUT-OF-STATE BUSINESS ENTITIES AND EMPLOYEES AFTER DISASTER RESPONSE PERIOD. An out-of-state business entity or out-of-state employee who remains in this state after a disaster response period is not entitled to any exemptions from obligations provided by this chapter.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 112.009. REGULATIONS. The secretary of state shall adopt regulations, including developing any necessary forms or processes, to implement this chapter.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 113.0001

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 113.0001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 113.0002

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 113.0002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER. This chapter applies to automobile insurance policies in this state, including policies issued by a Lloyd's plan, a reciprocal or interinsurance exchange, or a county mutual insurance company.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 113.0003

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 113.0003. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. Nothing in this chapter may be construed to:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 113.0004

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 113.0004. RULES. The commissioner of insurance may adopt rules necessary to implement this chapter.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 113.0051

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 113.0051. ASSUMPTION OF LIABILITY BY PEER-TO-PEER CAR SHARING PROGRAM.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 113.0052

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 113.0052. INSURANCE REQUIRED.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 113.0053

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 113.0053. AUTOMOBILE INSURANCE POLICY EXCLUSIONS. An automobile insurer may exclude any coverage and the duty to defend or indemnify for any claim afforded under an owner's automobile insurance policy during a car sharing period, including an exclusion of:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 113.0054

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 113.0054. CLAIMS RELATED TO PEER-TO-PEER CAR SHARING.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 113.0055

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 113.0055. VICARIOUS LIABILITY. Notwithstanding any other law, a peer-to-peer car sharing program and an owner are not liable under a theory of vicarious liability in accordance with 49 U.S.C. Section 30106 or under any state or local law that imposes liability solely based on vehicle ownership.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 113.0056

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 113.0056. CONTRIBUTION. An automobile insurer that defends or indemnifies a claim against a shared vehicle that is excluded under the terms of the insurer's policy may seek recovery against the peer-to-peer car sharing program's automobile insurer if the claim is:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 113.0057

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 113.0057. INSURABLE INTEREST.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 113.0058

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 113.0058. INSURANCE REQUIREMENTS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 113.0101

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 113.0101. REQUIRED DISCLOSURES AND NOTICE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 113.0102

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 113.0102. AUTHORIZATION TO DRIVE REQUIRED. A peer-to-peer car sharing program may not enter into an agreement with a driver unless the driver who will operate the shared vehicle:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 113.0103

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 113.0103. RECORD RETENTION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 113.0104

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 113.0104. RESPONSIBILITY FOR CAR SHARING EQUIPMENT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 113.0105

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 113.0105. AUTOMOBILE SAFETY RECALL.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 114.0001

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 114.0001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 114.0002

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 114.0002. RULES. The attorney general by rule shall:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 114.0003

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 114.0003. EFFECT ON MUNICIPAL ORDINANCES.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 114.0051

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 114.0051. TRAINING REQUIRED.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 114.0052

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 114.0052. TRAINING COMPLIANCE; RECORD RETENTION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 114.0053

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 114.0053. SIGN REQUIRED. The operator of a commercial lodging establishment shall display at the commercial lodging establishment a sign, in the form prescribed by the attorney general, that:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 114.0054

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 114.0054. DISCRIMINATION AND RETALIATION PROHIBITED. The operator of a commercial lodging establishment may not discipline, retaliate against, or otherwise discriminate against an employee who in good faith reports a suspected act of human trafficking to the operator, a law enforcement agency, the National Human Trafficking Resource Center, the attorney general, or any other appropriate authority.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 114.0101

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 114.0101. ENTRY BY PEACE OFFICER. A peace officer may enter the premises of a commercial lodging establishment between the hours of 9 a.m. and 5 p.m. Monday through Friday to ensure compliance with this chapter.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 114.0102

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 114.0102. OPPORTUNITY TO CURE. If the attorney general has reason to believe an operator of a commercial lodging establishment has violated this chapter, the attorney general shall provide written notice to the operator that:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 114.0103

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 114.0103. CIVIL PENALTY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 114.0104

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 114.0104. ACTION BY ATTORNEY GENERAL.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 115.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 115.002. APPLICABILITY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 115.003. LEASE, SALES, AND INSTALLATION DISCLOSURES. A seller or lessor who enters into a purchase, lease, or power purchase agreement with a residential or small commercial customer for the operation of a distributed renewable generation resource shall provide to the customer in writing:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 115.004. ADDITIONAL DISCLOSURES FOR LEASE AGREEMENTS. In addition to the disclosures required under Section 115.003, a lessor shall provide to a leasing residential or small commercial customer in writing:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 115.005. DISCLOSURES FOR POWER PURCHASE AGREEMENTS. A residential or small commercial customer who enters into a power purchase agreement is entitled to receive in writing:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 116.0001

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 116.0001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 116.0002

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 116.0002. FEE FOR CERTAIN PAYMENTS BY PAPER CHECK PROHIBITED.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 117.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 117.002. PROHIBITED ACCESS TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 117.003. DESIGNATION OF COUNTRY AS THREAT TO CRITICAL INFRASTRUCTURE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 117.004. ENFORCEMENT BY PUBLIC UTILITY COMMISSION OF TEXAS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 118.0001

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 118.0001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 118.0002

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 118.0002. PROHIBITED ACTS. A third-party food delivery service may not:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 118.0003

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 118.0003. REQUIREMENTS FOR SERVICE. A third-party food delivery service shall:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 118.0004

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 118.0004. TERMS OF AGREEMENT WITH RESTAURANT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 118.0005

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 118.0005. PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 119.0001

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 119.0001. POSTING OF CERTAIN INFORMATION AT COMMERCIAL BUILDING CONSTRUCTION SITE REQUIRED.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 12.001. DEFINITION. In this chapter, "virtual currency":


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 12.002. SCOPE. This chapter applies to virtual currency.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 12.003. RIGHTS IN VIRTUAL CURRENCY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 12.004. CONTROL OF VIRTUAL CURRENCY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 120.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 120.002. APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 120.003. CONSTRUCTION OF CHAPTER. This chapter may not be construed to limit or expand intellectual property law.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 120.051. PUBLIC DISCLOSURES.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 120.052. ACCEPTABLE USE POLICY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 120.053. BIANNUAL TRANSPARENCY REPORT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 120.1001

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 120.1001. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 120.101. COMPLAINT SYSTEM. A social media platform shall provide an easily accessible complaint system to enable a user to submit a complaint in good faith and track the status of the complaint, including a complaint regarding:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 120.1015

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 120.1015. NOTICE OF COMPLAINT SYSTEM AND PROCEDURES.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 120.102. PROCESSING OF COMPLAINTS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code § 120.1025

Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 120.1025. TREATMENT OF REPORTED CONTENT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 120.103. REMOVAL OF CONTENT; EXCEPTIONS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 120.104. APPEAL PROCEDURES. If a social media platform receives a user complaint on the social media platform's removal from the platform of content provided by the user that the user believes was not potentially policy-violating content, the social media platform shall, not later than the 14th day, excluding Saturdays and Sundays, after the date the platform receives the complaint:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 120.151. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 120.152. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICE. A violation of this chapter is a deceptive trade practice under Subchapter E, Chapter 17, and is actionable under that subchapter.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 121.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 121.002. REFERRAL AGENCIES; REQUIRED DISCLOSURE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 121.003. REFERRAL AGENCY PROHIBITED CONDUCT. A referral agency may not:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 121.004. DUTIES. A referral agency shall:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 121.005. COMPENSATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 121.006. EFFECT OF LAW. This chapter does not:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 15.01. TITLE OF ACT. This Act shall be known and may be cited as the Texas Free Enterprise and Antitrust Act of 1983.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 15.02. APPLICABILITY OF PROVISIONS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 15.03. DEFINITIONS. Except as otherwise provided in Subsection


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 15.04. PURPOSE AND CONSTRUCTION. The purpose of this Act is to maintain and promote economic competition in trade and commerce occurring wholly or partly within the State of Texas and to provide the benefits of that competition to consumers in the state. The provisions of this Act shall be construed to accomplish this purpose and shall be construed in harmony with federal judicial interpretations of comparable federal antitrust statutes to the extent consistent with this purpose.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 15.05. UNLAWFUL PRACTICES.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 15.10. CIVIL INVESTIGATIVE DEMANDS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 15.11. PARTY TO SUIT MAY SUBPOENA WITNESS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 15.12. ADDITIONAL PROCEDURES. In addition to the procedures set forth in this subchapter, the attorney general and any other party to a suit brought by the attorney general to enforce any of the prohibitions in Section 15.05 of this Act may request discovery and production of documents and other things, serve written interrogatories, and subpoena and depose witnesses in accordance with the applicable provisions of the Texas Rules of Civil Procedure and other state law relating to discovery.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 15.13. IMMUNITY FROM CRIMINAL PROSECUTION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 15.16. DECLARATORY JUDGMENT ACTION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 15.20. CIVIL SUITS BY THE STATE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 15.21. SUITS BY INJURED PERSONS OR GOVERNMENTAL ENTITIES.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 15.22. CRIMINAL SUITS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 15.24. JUDGMENT IN FAVOR OF THE STATE EVIDENCE IN ACTION. A final judgment rendered in an action brought under Section 15.20 or 15.22 of this Act to the effect that a defendant or defendants have violated any of the prohibitions in Section 15.05 of this Act is prima facie evidence against such defendant or defendants in any action brought under Section 15.21 as to all matters with respect to which the judgment would be an estoppel between the parties to the suit. This section shall not apply to consent judgments or decrees entered before any testimony has been taken.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 15.25. LIMITATION OF ACTIONS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 15.26. JURISDICTION. Whenever any suit or petition is filed in the district court in any county in the State of Texas as provided for in Section 15.10, 15.20, 15.21, or 15.22 of this Act, the court shall have jurisdiction and venue to hear and determine the matter presented and to enter any order or orders required to implement the provisions of this Act. Once suit is properly filed, it may be transferred to another county upon order of the court for good cause shown.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 15.40. AUTHORITY, POWERS, AND DUTIES OF ATTORNEY GENERAL.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 15.50. CRITERIA FOR ENFORCEABILITY OF COVENANTS NOT TO COMPETE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 15.501. COVENANTS NOT TO COMPETE AGAINST HEALTH CARE PRACTITIONERS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 15.51. PROCEDURES AND REMEDIES IN ACTIONS TO ENFORCE COVENANTS NOT TO COMPETE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 15.52. PREEMPTION OF OTHER LAW. The criteria for enforceability of a covenant not to compete provided by Sections 15.50 and 15.501 and the procedures and remedies in an action to enforce a covenant not to compete provided by Section 15.51 are exclusive and preempt other law, including common law.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.002. INAPPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.003. WHEN MARK CONSIDERED TO BE IN USE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.004. WHEN MARK CONSIDERED TO BE ABANDONED.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.051. REGISTRABLE MARKS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.052. APPLICATION FOR REGISTRATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.053. FILING OF APPLICATION; EXAMINATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.054. AMENDMENT TO APPLICATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.055. DISCLAIMER OF UNREGISTRABLE COMPONENT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.056. CONCURRENT APPLICATIONS FOR SAME OR SIMILAR MARK.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.057. DENIAL OF REGISTRATION; NOTICE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.058. CERTIFICATE OF REGISTRATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.059. TERM AND RENEWAL OF REGISTRATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.060. RECORD AND PROOF OF REGISTRATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.061. ASSIGNMENT OF MARK AND REGISTRATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.062. RECORDING OF OTHER INSTRUMENTS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.063. CHANGE OF REGISTRANT'S NAME. If a registrant's name is changed during the unexpired term of a mark's registration, a new certificate of registration may be issued for the remainder of the unexpired term in the new name of the registrant on the filing of a certificate under Section 16.062.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.064. CANCELLATION OF REGISTRATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.065. CLASSIFICATION OF GOODS AND SERVICES.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.066. FEES.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.101. FRAUDULENT REGISTRATION. A person who procures for the person or another the filing of an application or the registration of a mark under this chapter by knowingly making a false or fraudulent representation or declaration, oral or written, or by any other fraudulent means, is liable to pay all damages sustained as a result of the filing or registration. The damages may be recovered by or on behalf of the injured party in any court of competent jurisdiction.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.102. INFRINGEMENT OF REGISTERED MARK.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.103. INJURY TO BUSINESS REPUTATION; DILUTION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.104. REMEDIES.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.105. OLYMPIC SYMBOLS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.106. FORUM FOR ACTIONS REGARDING REGISTRATION; SERVICE ON OUT-OF-STATE REGISTRANTS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 16.107. COMMON LAW RIGHTS NOT AFFECTED. No registration under this chapter adversely affects common law rights acquired prior to registration under this chapter. However, during any period when the registration of a mark under this chapter is in force and the registrant has not abandoned the mark, no common law rights as against the registrant of the mark may be acquired.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.01. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter, unless the context requires a different definition,


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.08. PRIVATE USE OF STATE SEAL.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.11. DECEPTIVE WHOLESALE AND GOING-OUT-OF-BUSINESS ADVERTISING.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.12. DECEPTIVE ADVERTISING.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.29. MISUSING CONTAINER; EVIDENCE OF MISUSE AND CONTAINER'S OWNERSHIP.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.30. MISUSING DAIRY CONTAINER BEARING PROPRIETARY MARK.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.31. IDENTIFICATION, POSSESSION, AND USE OF CERTAIN CONTAINERS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.41. SHORT TITLE. This subchapter may be cited as the Deceptive Trade Practices-Consumer Protection Act.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.42. WAIVERS: PUBLIC POLICY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.43. CUMULATIVE REMEDIES. The provisions of this subchapter are not exclusive. The remedies provided in this subchapter are in addition to any other procedures or remedies provided for in any other law; provided, however, that no recovery shall be permitted under both this subchapter and another law of both damages and penalties for the same act or practice. A violation of a provision of law other than this subchapter is not in and of itself a violation of this subchapter. An act or practice that is a violation of a provision of law other than this subchapter may be made the basis of an action under this subchapter if the act or practice is proscribed by a provision of this subchapter or is declared by such other law to be actionable under this subchapter. The provisions of this subchapter do not in any way preclude other political subdivisions of this state from dealing with deceptive trade practices.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.44. CONSTRUCTION AND APPLICATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.45. DEFINITIONS. As used in this subchapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.46. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICES UNLAWFUL.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.461. PYRAMID PROMOTIONAL SCHEME.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.462. LISTING OF BUSINESS LOCATION OF CERTAIN BUSINESSES.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.4625. PRICE GOUGING DURING DECLARED DISASTER.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.463. PRODUCTION, SALE, DISTRIBUTION, OR PROMOTION OF CERTAIN SYNTHETIC SUBSTANCES.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.464. UNCONSCIONABLE PRICE FOR CARE AT EMERGENCY FACILITY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.47. RESTRAINING ORDERS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.48. DUTY OF DISTRICT AND COUNTY ATTORNEY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.49. EXEMPTIONS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.50. RELIEF FOR CONSUMERS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.501. CONSUMER PROTECTION DIVISION PARTICIPATION IN CLASS ACTION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.505. NOTICE; INSPECTION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.5051. MEDIATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.5052. OFFERS OF SETTLEMENT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.506. DAMAGES: DEFENSES.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.55. PROMOTIONAL MATERIAL. If damages or civil penalties are assessed against the seller of goods or services for advertisements or promotional material in a suit filed under Section 17.47, 17.48, 17.50, or 17.51 of this subchapter, the seller of the goods or services has a cause of action against a third party for the amount of damages or civil penalties assessed against the seller plus attorneys' fees on a showing that:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.555. INDEMNITY. A person against whom an action has been brought under this subchapter may seek contribution or indemnity from one who, under the statute law or at common law, may have liability for the damaging event of which the consumer complains. A person seeking indemnity as provided by this section may recover all sums that he is required to pay as a result of the action, his attorney's fees reasonable in relation to the amount of work performed in maintaining his action for indemnity, and his costs.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.56. VENUE. Except as provided by Article 5.06-1(8), Insurance Code, an action brought which alleges a claim to relief under Section 17.50 of this subchapter shall be brought as provided by Chapter 15, Civil Practice and Remedies Code.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.565. LIMITATION. All actions brought under this subchapter must be commenced within two years after the date on which the false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice occurred or within two years after the consumer discovered or in the exercise of reasonable diligence should have discovered the occurrence of the false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice. The period of limitation provided in this section may be extended for a period of 180 days if the plaintiff proves that failure timely to commence the action was caused by the defendant's knowingly engaging in conduct solely calculated to induce the plaintiff to refrain from or postpone the commencement of the action.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.57. SUBPOENAS. The clerk of a district court at the request of any party to a suit pending in his court which is brought under this subchapter shall issue a subpoena for any witness or witnesses who may be represented to reside within 100 miles of the courthouse of the county in which the suit is pending or who may be found within such distance at the time of trial. The clerk shall issue a separate subpoena and a copy thereof for each witness subpoenaed. When an action is pending in Travis County on the consent of the parties a subpoena may be issued for any witness or witnesses who may be represented to reside within 100 miles of the courthouse of a county in which the suit could otherwise have been brought or who may be found within such distance at the time of the trial.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.58. VOLUNTARY COMPLIANCE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.59. POST JUDGMENT RELIEF.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.60. REPORTS AND EXAMINATIONS. Whenever the consumer protection division has reason to believe that a person is engaging in, has engaged in, or is about to engage in any act or practice declared to be unlawful by this subchapter, or when it reasonably believes it to be in the public interest to conduct an investigation to ascertain whether any person is engaging in, has engaged in, or is about to engage in any such act or practice, an authorized member of the division may:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.61. CIVIL INVESTIGATIVE DEMAND.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.62. PENALTIES.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.63. APPLICATION. The provisions of this subchapter apply only to acts or practices occurring after the effective date of this subchapter, except a right of action or power granted to the attorney general under Chapter 10, Title 79, Revised Civil Statutes of Texas, 1925, as amended, prior to the effective date of this subchapter.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.81. DEFINITION. In this chapter "going out of business sale" means an offer to sell to the public, or the sale to the public of, goods, wares, and merchandise on the implied or direct representation by written or oral advertising that the sale is in anticipation of the termination of all of the operations of a business at all of its locations in a county and in all of the counties immediately adjacent to that county.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.82. PROHIBITED CONDUCT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.821. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.822. MEAT LABELING.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.823. SALE OF NONKOSHER FOOD. A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally sells at a restaurant or a retail store a food product that is represented as kosher food and is not kosher food and the person either knows the food is not kosher food or was reckless about determining whether or not the food is kosher food.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.824. EXCEPTION. It is an exception to the application of Subsection


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.825. CIVIL REMEDY. A consumer aggrieved by a violation of this chapter may maintain a cause of action for damages in accordance with Section 17.50 of this code.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.826. PENALTY. An offense under this chapter is punishable by the fine imposed for an offense under Subsection


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.83. ORIGINAL INVENTORY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.835. NOTICE OF FILING OF ORIGINAL INVENTORY. Not later than the fifth business day after the date on which a person files an original inventory under Section 17.83, the chief appraiser shall send notice of the filing to the comptroller, the county clerk of the county in which the person's principal place of business in the state is located, and the tax collector for each of the taxing units that tax the property described in the original inventory.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.84. PERMIT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.85. DEADLINE FOR ORDERS. A person may not sell an item at a going out of business sale if the person ordered the item after the beginning date of the sale.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.851. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.852. INQUIRY AS TO PRODUCER.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.853. UNLAWFUL ACTS. A person may not:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.854. PENALTY. A person who violates this subchapter commits an offense. An offense under this section is a Class B misdemeanor.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.86. SALE INVENTORY. Before the end of each 30-day period during the going out of business sale the permit holder shall file with the chief appraiser a sale inventory containing a complete and detailed list of the goods, wares, and merchandise listed in the original inventory that have not been sold before the date that the sale inventory is filed. A sale inventory must list items offered on the beginning date of the sale separately from the items added to the sale inventory after that date.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.87. FINAL INVENTORY. Within 30 days after the day that the going out of business sale ends, the permit holder shall file with the chief appraiser a final inventory. The final inventory must include:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.88. DISPOSITION OF SALE ITEMS. After a permit expires, the permit holder may not sell at retail an item offered at the sale covered by the permit.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.881. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.882. MEAT LABELING.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.883. SALE OF NONHALAL FOOD. A person commits an offense if the person knowingly or intentionally sells at a restaurant or a retail store a food product that is represented as halal food and is not halal food and the person either knows the food is not halal food or was reckless about determining whether or not the food is halal food.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.884. CIVIL REMEDY. A consumer aggrieved by a violation of this subchapter may maintain a cause of action for damages in accordance with Section 17.50.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.885. CRIMINAL PENALTY. An offense under this subchapter is punishable by the fine imposed for an offense under Section 17.12(d).


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.89. LATER SALES. A person may not conduct a going out of business sale beginning within two years after the ending date of the most recent going out of business sale conducted by the person.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.90. FORM OF INVENTORY. An inventory filed under this subchapter must be in the form of a sworn affidavit.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.901. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.902. UNAUTHORIZED ADVERTISEMENT, PROMOTION, OR CONDUCTION OF CERTAIN LIVE MUSICAL PERFORMANCES. A person may not advertise, promote, or conduct a live musical performance in this state through the use of a false, deceptive, or misleading affiliation, connection, or association between a recording group and a performing musical group. An act is not considered a violation of this section if:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.903. INJUNCTION; RESTITUTION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.904. CIVIL PENALTY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.91. EXCEPTIONS. This subchapter does not apply to:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.92. PENALTY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.921. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.922. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE FOR COLLECTIONS THROUGH PUBLIC RECEPTACLE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.923. REQUIRED DISCLOSURES FOR TELEPHONE OR DOOR-TO-DOOR SOLICITATIONS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.924. REQUIRED DISCLOSURES FOR MAIL SOLICITATIONS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.925. LOCAL ORDINANCE OR REGULATION. Nothing in this subchapter shall be construed to limit the authority of a local government to adopt an ordinance or regulation relating to the use of public donations receptacles as a collection point for donated clothing or household goods if the ordinance or regulation is compatible with and equal to or more stringent than a requirement prescribed by this subchapter.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.926. CIVIL PENALTY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.93. INJUNCTION. The attorney general may bring an action to enjoin a violation of this subchapter.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.951. DEFINITION. In this subchapter, "end user" means a person that purchases, rents, leases, or otherwise obtains a product, service, or technology in the commercial market that is not for resale and that is, or later becomes, the subject of a patent infringement assertion due to the person's use of the product, service, or technology.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.952. BAD FAITH CLAIM OF PATENT INFRINGEMENT PROHIBITED.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.953. ENFORCEMENT BY ATTORNEY GENERAL; INJUNCTION AND CIVIL PENALTY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.954. CONSTRUCTION OF SUBCHAPTER. This subchapter may not be construed to:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 17.955. NO PRIVATE CAUSE OF ACTION. This subchapter does not create a private cause of action for a violation of Section 17.952.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.101. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code--Sales.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.102. SCOPE; CERTAIN SECURITY AND OTHER TRANSACTIONS EXCLUDED FROM THIS CHAPTER. Unless the context otherwise requires, this chapter applies to transactions in goods; it does not apply to any transaction which although in the form of an unconditional contract to sell or present sale is intended to operate only as a security transaction nor does this chapter impair or repeal any statute regulating sales to consumers, farmers or other specified classes of buyers.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.103. DEFINITIONS AND INDEX OF DEFINITIONS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.104. DEFINITIONS: "MERCHANT"; "BETWEEN MERCHANTS"; "FINANCING AGENCY".


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.105. DEFINITIONS: TRANSFERABILITY; "GOODS"; "FUTURE" GOODS; "LOT"; "COMMERCIAL UNIT".


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.106. DEFINITIONS: "CONTRACT"; "AGREEMENT"; "CONTRACT FOR SALE"; "SALE"; "PRESENT SALE"; "CONFORMING" TO CONTRACT; "TERMINATION"; "CANCELLATION".


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.107. GOODS TO BE SEVERED FROM REALTY: RECORDING.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.201. FORMAL REQUIREMENTS; STATUTE OF FRAUDS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.202. FINAL WRITTEN EXPRESSION: PAROL OR EXTRINSIC EVIDENCE. Terms with respect to which the confirmatory memoranda of the parties agree or which are otherwise set forth in a writing intended by the parties as a final expression of their agreement with respect to such terms as are included therein may not be contradicted by evidence of any prior agreement or of a contemporaneous oral agreement but may be explained or supplemented


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.203. SEALS INOPERATIVE. The affixing of a seal to a writing evidencing a contract for sale or an offer to buy or sell goods does not constitute the writing a sealed instrument and the law with respect to sealed instruments does not apply to such a contract or offer.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.204. FORMATION IN GENERAL.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.205. FIRM OFFERS. An offer by a merchant to buy or sell goods in a signed writing which by its terms gives assurance that it will be held open is not revocable, for lack of consideration, during the time stated or if no time is stated for a reasonable time, but in no event may such period of irrevocability exceed three months; but any such term of assurance on a form supplied by the offeree must be separately signed by the offeror.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.206. OFFER AND ACCEPTANCE IN FORMATION OF CONTRACT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.207. ADDITIONAL TERMS IN ACCEPTANCE OR CONFIRMATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.209. MODIFICATION, RESCISSION AND WAIVER.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.210. DELEGATION OF PERFORMANCE; ASSIGNMENT OF RIGHTS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.301. GENERAL OBLIGATIONS OF PARTIES. The obligation of the seller is to transfer and deliver and that of the buyer is to accept and pay in accordance with the contract.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.302. UNCONSCIONABLE CONTRACT OR CLAUSE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.303. ALLOCATION OR DIVISION OF RISKS. Where this chapter allocates a risk or a burden as between the parties "unless otherwise agreed", the agreement may not only shift the allocation but may also divide the risk or burden.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.304. PRICE PAYABLE IN MONEY, GOODS, REALTY, OR OTHERWISE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.305. OPEN PRICE TERM.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.306. OUTPUT, REQUIREMENTS AND EXCLUSIVE DEALINGS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.307. DELIVERY IN SINGLE LOT OR SEVERAL LOTS. Unless otherwise agreed all goods called for by a contract for sale must be tendered in a single delivery and payment is due only on such tender but where the circumstances give either party the right to make or demand delivery in lots the price if it can be apportioned may be demanded for each lot.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.308. ABSENCE OF SPECIFIED PLACE FOR DELIVERY. Unless otherwise agreed


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.309. ABSENCE OF SPECIFIC TIME PROVISIONS; NOTICE OF TERMINATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.310. OPEN TIME FOR PAYMENT OR RUNNING OF CREDIT; AUTHORITY TO SHIP UNDER RESERVATION. Unless otherwise agreed


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.311. OPTIONS AND COOPERATION RESPECTING PERFORMANCE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.312. WARRANTY OF TITLE AND AGAINST INFRINGEMENT; BUYER'S OBLIGATION AGAINST INFRINGEMENT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.313. EXPRESS WARRANTIES BY AFFIRMATION, PROMISE, DESCRIPTION, SAMPLE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.314. IMPLIED WARRANTY: MERCHANTABILITY; USAGE OF TRADE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.315. IMPLIED WARRANTY: FITNESS FOR PARTICULAR PURPOSE. Where the seller at the time of contracting has reason to know any particular purpose for which the goods are required and that the buyer is relying on the seller's skill or judgment to select or furnish suitable goods, there is unless excluded or modified under the next section an implied warranty that the goods shall be fit for such purpose.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.316. EXCLUSION OR MODIFICATION OF WARRANTIES.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.317. CUMULATION AND CONFLICT OF WARRANTIES EXPRESS OR IMPLIED. Warranties whether express or implied shall be construed as consistent with each other and as cumulative, but if such construction is unreasonable the intention of the parties shall determine which warranty is dominant. In ascertaining that intention the following rules apply:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.318. CHAPTER NEUTRAL ON QUESTION OF THIRD PARTY BENEFICIARIES OF WARRANTIES OF QUALITY AND ON NEED FOR PRIVITY OF CONTRACT. This chapter does not provide whether anyone other than a buyer may take advantage of an express or implied warranty of quality made to the buyer or whether the buyer or anyone entitled to take advantage of a warranty made to the buyer may sue a third party other than the immediate seller for deficiencies in the quality of the goods. These matters are left to the courts for their determination.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.319. F.O.B. AND F.A.S. TERMS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.320. C.I.F. AND C. & F. TERMS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.321. C.I.F. OR C. & F.: "NET LANDED WEIGHTS"; "PAYMENT ON ARRIVAL"; WARRANTY OF CONDITION ON ARRIVAL. Under a contract containing a term C.I.F. or C. & F.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.322. DELIVERY "EX-SHIP".


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.323. FORM OF BILL OF LADING REQUIRED IN OVERSEAS SHIPMENT; "OVERSEAS".


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.324. "NO ARRIVAL, NO SALE" TERM. Under a term "no arrival, no sale" or terms of like meaning, unless otherwise agreed,


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.325. "LETTER OF CREDIT" TERM; "CONFIRMED CREDIT".


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.326. SALE ON APPROVAL AND SALE OR RETURN; RIGHTS OF CREDITORS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.327. SPECIAL INCIDENTS OF SALE ON APPROVAL AND SALE OR RETURN.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.328. SALE BY AUCTION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.401. PASSING OF TITLE; RESERVATION FOR SECURITY; LIMITED APPLICATION OF THIS SECTION. Each provision of this chapter with regard to the rights, obligations and remedies of the seller, the buyer, purchasers or other third parties applies irrespective of title to the goods except where the provision refers to such title. Insofar as situations are not covered by the other provisions of this chapter and matters concerning title become material the following rules apply:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.402. RIGHTS OF SELLER'S CREDITORS AGAINST SOLD GOODS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.403. POWER TO TRANSFER; GOOD FAITH PURCHASE OF GOODS; "ENTRUSTING".


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.501. INSURABLE INTEREST IN GOODS; MANNER OF IDENTIFICATION OF GOODS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.502. BUYER'S RIGHT TO GOODS ON SELLER'S REPUDIATION, FAILURE TO DELIVER, OR INSOLVENCY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.503. MANNER OF SELLER'S TENDER OF DELIVERY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.504. SHIPMENT BY SELLER. Where the seller is required or authorized to send the goods to the buyer and the contract does not require him to deliver them at a particular destination, then unless otherwise agreed he must


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.505. SELLER'S SHIPMENT UNDER RESERVATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.506. RIGHTS OF FINANCING AGENCY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.507. EFFECT OF SELLER'S TENDER; DELIVERY ON CONDITION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.508. CURE BY SELLER OF IMPROPER TENDER OR DELIVERY; REPLACEMENT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.509. RISK OF LOSS IN THE ABSENCE OF BREACH.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.510. EFFECT OF BREACH ON RISK OF LOSS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.511. TENDER OF PAYMENT BY BUYER; PAYMENT BY CHECK.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.512. PAYMENT BY BUYER BEFORE INSPECTION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.513. BUYER'S RIGHT TO INSPECTION OF GOODS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.514. WHEN DOCUMENTS DELIVERABLE ON ACCEPTANCE; WHEN ON PAYMENT. Unless otherwise agreed documents against which a draft is drawn are to be delivered to the drawee on acceptance of the draft if it is payable more than three days after presentment; otherwise, only on payment.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.515. PRESERVING EVIDENCE OF GOODS IN DISPUTE. In furtherance of the adjustment of any claim or dispute


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.601. BUYER'S RIGHTS ON IMPROPER DELIVERY. Subject to the provisions of this chapter on breach in installment contracts (Section 2.612) and unless otherwise agreed under the sections on contractual limitations of remedy (Sections 2.718 and 2.719), if the goods or the tender of delivery fail in any respect to conform to the contract, the buyer may


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.602. MANNER AND EFFECT OF RIGHTFUL REJECTION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.603. MERCHANT BUYER'S DUTIES AS TO RIGHTFULLY REJECTED GOODS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.604. BUYER'S OPTIONS AS TO SALVAGE OF RIGHTFULLY REJECTED GOODS. Subject to the provisions of the immediately preceding section on perishables if the seller gives no instructions within a reasonable time after notification of rejection the buyer may store the rejected goods for the seller's account or reship them to him or resell them for the seller's account with reimbursement as provided in the preceding section. Such action is not acceptance or conversion.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.605. WAIVER OF BUYER'S OBJECTIONS BY FAILURE TO PARTICULARIZE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.606. WHAT CONSTITUTES ACCEPTANCE OF GOODS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.607. EFFECT OF ACCEPTANCE; NOTICE OF BREACH; BURDEN OF ESTABLISHING BREACH AFTER ACCEPTANCE; NOTICE OF CLAIM OR LITIGATION TO PERSON ANSWERABLE OVER.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.608. REVOCATION OF ACCEPTANCE IN WHOLE OR IN PART.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.609. RIGHT TO ADEQUATE ASSURANCE OF PERFORMANCE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.610. ANTICIPATORY REPUDIATION. When either party repudiates the contract with respect to a performance not yet due the loss of which will substantially impair the value of the contract to the other, the aggrieved party may


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.611. RETRACTION OF ANTICIPATORY REPUDIATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.612. "INSTALLMENT CONTRACT"; BREACH.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.613. CASUALTY TO IDENTIFIED GOODS. Where the contract requires for its performance goods identified when the contract is made, and the goods suffer casualty without fault of either party before the risk of loss passes to the buyer, or in a proper case under a "no arrival, no sale" term (Section 2.324) then


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.614. SUBSTITUTED PERFORMANCE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.615. EXCUSE BY FAILURE OF PRESUPPOSED CONDITIONS. Except so far as a seller may have assumed a greater obligation and subject to the preceding section on substituted performance:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.616. PROCEDURE ON NOTICE CLAIMING EXCUSE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.701. REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF COLLATERAL CONTRACTS NOT IMPAIRED. Remedies for breach of any obligation or promise collateral or ancillary to a contract for sale are not impaired by the provisions of this chapter.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.702. SELLER'S REMEDIES ON DISCOVERY OF BUYER'S INSOLVENCY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.703. SELLER'S REMEDIES IN GENERAL. Where the buyer wrongfully rejects or revokes acceptance of goods or fails to make a payment due on or before delivery or repudiates with respect to a part or the whole, then with respect to any goods directly affected and, if the breach is of the whole contract (Section 2.612), then also with respect to the whole undelivered balance, the aggrieved seller may


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.704. SELLER'S RIGHT TO IDENTIFY GOODS TO THE CONTRACT NOTWITHSTANDING BREACH OR TO SALVAGE UNFINISHED GOODS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.705. SELLER'S STOPPAGE OF DELIVERY IN TRANSIT OR OTHERWISE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.706. SELLER'S RESALE INCLUDING CONTRACT FOR RESALE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.707. "PERSON IN THE POSITION OF A SELLER".


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.708. SELLER'S DAMAGES FOR NON-ACCEPTANCE OR REPUDIATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.709. ACTION FOR THE PRICE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.710. SELLER'S INCIDENTAL DAMAGES. Incidental damages to an aggrieved seller include any commercially reasonable charges, expenses or commissions incurred in stopping delivery, in the transportation, care and custody of goods after the buyer's breach, in connection with return or resale of the goods or otherwise resulting from the breach.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.711. BUYER'S REMEDIES IN GENERAL; BUYER'S SECURITY INTEREST IN REJECTED GOODS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.712. "COVER"; BUYER'S PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.713. BUYER'S DAMAGES FOR NON-DELIVERY OR REPUDIATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.714. BUYER'S DAMAGES FOR BREACH IN REGARD TO ACCEPTED GOODS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.715. BUYER'S INCIDENTAL AND CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.716. BUYER'S RIGHT TO SPECIFIC PERFORMANCE OR REPLEVIN.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.717. DEDUCTION OF DAMAGES FROM THE PRICE. The buyer on notifying the seller of his intention to do so may deduct all or any part of the damages resulting from any breach of the contract from any part of the price still due under the same contract.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.718. LIQUIDATION OR LIMITATION OF DAMAGES; DEPOSITS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.719. CONTRACTUAL MODIFICATION OR LIMITATION OF REMEDY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.720. EFFECT OF "CANCELLATION" OR "RESCISSION" ON CLAIMS FOR ANTECEDENT BREACH. Unless the contrary intention clearly appears, expressions of "cancellation" or "rescission" of the contract or the like shall not be construed as a renunciation or discharge of any claim in damages for an antecedent breach.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.721. REMEDIES FOR FRAUD. Remedies for material misrepresentation or fraud include all remedies available under this chapter for non-fraudulent breach. Neither rescission or a claim for rescission of the contract for sale nor rejection or return of the goods shall bar or be deemed inconsistent with a claim for damages or other remedy.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.722. WHO CAN SUE THIRD PARTIES FOR INJURY TO GOODS. Where a third party so deals with goods which have been identified to a contract for sale as to cause actionable injury to a party to that contract


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.723. PROOF OF MARKET PRICE: TIME AND PLACE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.724. ADMISSIBILITY OF MARKET QUOTATIONS. Whenever the prevailing price or value of any goods regularly bought and sold in any established commodity market is in issue, reports in official publications or trade journals or in newspapers or periodicals of general circulation published as the reports of such market shall be admissible in evidence. The circumstances of the preparation of such a report may be shown to affect its weight but not its admissibility.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 2.725. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS IN CONTRACTS FOR SALE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.01. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.02. PERMISSIBLE PURPOSES; PROHIBITION; USE OF CONSUMER'S SOCIAL SECURITY NUMBER.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.021. CHECK VERIFICATION AND CHECK GUARANTEE SERVICES; DISCLOSURES TO CONSUMERS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.03. DISCLOSURES TO CONSUMERS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.031. REQUESTING SECURITY ALERT. On a request in writing or by telephone and with proper identification provided by a consumer, a consumer reporting agency shall place a security alert on the consumer's consumer file not later than 24 hours after the date the agency receives the request. The security alert must remain in effect for not less than 45 days after the date the agency places the security alert on the file. There is no limit on the number of security alerts a consumer may request. At the end of a 45-day security alert, on request in writing or by telephone and with proper identification provided by the consumer, the agency shall provide the consumer with a copy of the consumer's file. A consumer may include with the security alert request a telephone number to be used by persons to verify the consumer's identity before entering into a transaction with the consumer.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.032. NOTIFICATION OF SECURITY ALERT. A consumer reporting agency shall notify a person who requests a consumer report if a security alert is in effect for the consumer file involved in that report and include a verification telephone number for the consumer if the consumer has provided a number under Section 20.031.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.033. TOLL-FREE SECURITY ALERT REQUEST NUMBER. A consumer reporting agency shall maintain a toll-free telephone number that is answered at a minimum during normal business hours to accept security alert requests from consumers. If calls are not answered after normal business hours, an automated answering system shall record requests and calls shall be returned to the consumer not later than two hours after the time the normal business day begins on the next business day after the date the call was received.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.034. REQUESTING SECURITY FREEZE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.035. NOTIFICATION OF CHANGE. If a security freeze is in place, a consumer reporting agency shall notify the consumer in writing of a change in the consumer file to the consumer's name, date of birth, social security number, or address not later than 30 calendar days after the date the change is made. The agency shall send notification of a change of address to the new address and former address. This section does not require notice of an immaterial change, including a street abbreviation change or correction of a transposition of letters or misspelling of a word.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.036. NOTIFICATION OF SECURITY FREEZE. A consumer reporting agency shall notify a person who requests a consumer report if a security freeze is in effect for the consumer file involved in that report.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.037. REMOVAL OR TEMPORARY LIFTING OF SECURITY FREEZE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.038. EXEMPTION FROM SECURITY FREEZE. A security freeze does not apply to a consumer report provided to:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.0385. APPLICABILITY OF SECURITY ALERT AND SECURITY FREEZE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.039. RESPECT OF SECURITY FREEZE. A consumer reporting agency shall honor a security freeze placed on a consumer file by another consumer reporting agency.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.04. CHARGES FOR CERTAIN DISCLOSURES OR SERVICES.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.05. REPORTING OF INFORMATION PROHIBITED.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.06. DISPUTE PROCEDURE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.07. CORRECTION OF INACCURATE INFORMATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.08. CONSUMER'S RIGHT TO FILE ACTION IN COURT OR ARBITRATE DISPUTES.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.09. CIVIL LIABILITY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.10. REMEDIES CUMULATIVE. An action taken under this chapter does not prohibit a consumer from taking any other action authorized by law except that a credit reporting agency may not be subject to suit with respect to any issue that was the subject of an arbitration proceeding brought under Section 20.08.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.11. INJUNCTIVE RELIEF; CIVIL PENALTY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.12. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICE. A violation of this chapter is a false, misleading, or deceptive act or practice under Subchapter E, Chapter 17.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.13. VENUE. An action brought under this chapter shall be filed in a district court:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.21. DEFINITIONS. In this subchapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.22. APPLICABILITY; CONFLICT OF LAW.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.23. PROOF OF AUTHORITY AND IDENTIFICATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.24. USE OF RECORD TO CONSIDER CREDITWORTHINESS OR FOR OTHER PURPOSES PROHIBITED. A protected consumer's record may not be created or used to consider the protected consumer's creditworthiness, credit standing, credit capacity, character, general reputation, personal characteristics, or mode of living for any purpose described by Section 20.01(4).


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.25. REQUEST TO PLACE A SECURITY FREEZE; CREATION OF RECORD.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.26. RELEASE OF CONSUMER REPORT PROHIBITED. Unless a security freeze on a protected consumer's consumer file or record is removed under Section 20.28 or 20.30, a consumer reporting agency may not release any consumer report relating to the protected consumer, any information derived from the protected consumer's consumer report, or any record created for the protected consumer.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.27. PERIOD OF SECURITY FREEZE. A security freeze on a protected consumer's consumer file or record remains in effect until:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.28. REMOVAL OF SECURITY FREEZE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.29. FEES.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.30. EFFECT OF MATERIAL MISREPRESENTATION OF FACT. A consumer reporting agency may remove a security freeze on a protected consumer's consumer file or record, or delete a record of a protected consumer, if the security freeze was placed or the record was created based on a material misrepresentation of fact by the protected consumer or the protected consumer's representative.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 20.31. REMEDY FOR VIOLATION. Notwithstanding Subchapter D or any other law, the exclusive remedy for a violation of this subchapter is a suit filed by the attorney general under Section 20.11.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 21.001. DEFINITIONS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 21.002. EXCEPTION FROM APPLICABILITY OF CHAPTER.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 21.003. CONFLICT WITH OTHER LAW. To the extent of a conflict between this chapter and Chapter 393, Finance Code, this chapter controls.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 21.051. FORM AND TERMS OF CONTRACT. Each contract for the purchase of the services of a foreclosure consultant by a homeowner of a residence in foreclosure must be in writing, dated, and signed by each homeowner and the foreclosure consultant.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 21.052. REQUIRED DISCLOSURE. Before entering into a contract with a homeowner of a residence in foreclosure for the purchase of the services of a foreclosure consultant, the foreclosure consultant shall provide the homeowner written notice stating the following, in at least 14-point boldfaced type:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 21.101. RESTRICTIONS ON CHARGE OR RECEIPT OF CONSIDERATION. A foreclosure consultant may not:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 21.102. PROHIBITED CONDUCT. A foreclosure consultant may not:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 21.103. RETENTION OF RECORDS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 21.151. CRIMINAL PENALTY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 22.001. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 22.002. APPLICABILITY. This chapter applies only to a public sale of residential real property conducted under a power of sale in a security instrument.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 22.003. CONTRACTS CONCERNING SALE. A trustee or substitute trustee conducting a sale to which this chapter applies may contract with:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 22.004. INFORMATION FROM WINNING BIDDER.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 22.005. RECEIPT AND DEED. The trustee or substitute trustee shall:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 22.006. SALE PROCEEDS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 23.01. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter, unless the context requires a different definition,


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 23.02. NATURE AND EFFECT OF ASSIGNMENT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 23.08. FORM AND CONTENT OF ASSIGNMENT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 23.09. FRAUD DOES NOT DEFEAT ASSIGNMENT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 23.10. ASSIGNMENT DISCHARGES DEBTOR. If an assigning debtor makes an assignment, he is discharged from liability on the claim of a consenting creditor unless the consenting creditor does not receive at least one-third of the amount allowed on his claim against the assigned estate.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 23.16. ASSIGNEE'S QUALIFICATIONS, DUTY TO RECORD ASSIGNMENT, AND BOND.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 23.17. NOTICE OF ASSIGNEE'S APPOINTMENT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 23.18. REPLACEMENT OF ASSIGNEE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 23.19. ASSIGNEE'S DUTY TO DISTRIBUTE ASSIGNED ESTATE. Each time an assignee has enough money to pay 10 percent of the assigning debtor's debts, he shall distribute the money among the creditors entitled to receive it in proportion to their claims allowed under Section 23.31(b) of this code.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 23.20. DISCOUNT OF CLAIM NOT DUE AND ALLOWANCE OF SECURED CLAIM.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 23.21. ASSIGNEE'S ENTITLEMENT TO COMPENSATION. An assignee is entitled to reasonable compensation for his services and reimbursement for his necessary expenses, including an attorney's fee, all of which shall be fixed by the county or district court who approved his bond. The compensation, expenses, and attorney's fee fixed by the county or district court shall be paid out of the assigned estate.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 23.22. EXAMINATION OF DEBTOR OR OTHER PERSON.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 23.23. ASSIGNEE'S FINAL REPORT AND DISCHARGE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 23.24. TIME LIMIT ON BRINGING ACTION AGAINST ASSIGNEE. An action against an assignee based on his conduct in carrying out the assignment, as shown in his report filed under Section 23.23(a) of this code, must be brought within 12 months after the report is filed or the action is barred.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 23.30. CREDITOR'S CONSENT TO ASSIGNMENT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 23.31. CREDITOR'S PROOF AND ASSIGNEE'S ALLOWANCE OF CLAIM.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 23.32. CREDITOR'S SUIT ON DISPUTED CLAIM.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 23.33. NONCONSENTING CREDITOR'S RIGHT TO SURPLUS. If a creditor does not consent to an assignment, he may garnishee the assignee for the excess of the assigned estate remaining in the assignee's possession after the assignee has paid


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 24.001. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as the Uniform Fraudulent Transfer Act.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 24.002. DEFINITIONS. In this chapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 24.003. INSOLVENCY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 24.004. VALUE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 24.005. TRANSFERS FRAUDULENT AS TO PRESENT AND FUTURE CREDITORS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 24.006. TRANSFERS FRAUDULENT AS TO PRESENT CREDITORS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 24.007. WHEN TRANSFER IS MADE OR OBLIGATION IS INCURRED. For the purposes of this chapter:


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 24.008. REMEDIES OF CREDITORS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 24.009. DEFENSES, LIABILITY, AND PROTECTION OF TRANSFEREE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 24.010. EXTINGUISHMENT OF CAUSE OF ACTION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 24.011. SUPPLEMENTARY PROVISIONS. Unless displaced by the provisions of this chapter, the principles of law and equity, including the law merchant and the law relating to principal and agent, estoppel, laches, fraud, misrepresentation, duress, coercion, mistake, insolvency, or other validating or invalidating cause, supplement its provisions.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 24.012. UNIFORMITY OF APPLICATION AND CONSTRUCTION. This chapter shall be applied and construed to effectuate its general purpose to make uniform the law with respect to the subject of this chapter among states enacting it.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 24.013. COSTS. In any proceeding under this chapter, the court may award costs and reasonable attorney's fees as are equitable and just.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 26.01. PROMISE OR AGREEMENT MUST BE IN WRITING.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 26.02. LOAN AGREEMENT MUST BE IN WRITING.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 27.01. FRAUD IN REAL ESTATE AND STOCK TRANSACTIONS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 27.015. DECEPTIVE TRADE PRACTICE; PUBLIC REMEDY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 27.02. GOODS OR SERVICES PAID FOR BY INSURANCE PROCEEDS: PAYMENT OF DEDUCTIBLE REQUIRED.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.101. SHORT TITLE. This chapter may be cited as Uniform Commercial Code-Negotiable Instruments.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.102. SUBJECT MATTER.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.103. DEFINITIONS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.104. NEGOTIABLE INSTRUMENT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.105. ISSUE OF INSTRUMENT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.106. UNCONDITIONAL PROMISE OR ORDER.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.107. INSTRUMENT PAYABLE IN FOREIGN MONEY. Unless the instrument otherwise provides, an instrument that states the amount payable in foreign money may be paid in the foreign money or in an equivalent amount in dollars calculated by using the current bank-offered spot rate at the place of payment for the purchase of dollars on the day on which the instrument is paid.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.108. PAYABLE ON DEMAND OR AT DEFINITE TIME.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.109. PAYABLE TO BEARER OR TO ORDER.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.110. IDENTIFICATION OF PERSON TO WHOM INSTRUMENT IS PAYABLE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.111. PLACE OF PAYMENT. Except as otherwise provided for items in Chapter 4, an instrument is payable at the place of payment stated in the instrument. If no place of payment is stated, an instrument is payable at the address of the drawee or maker stated in the instrument. If no address is stated, the place of payment is the place of business of the drawee or maker. If a drawee or maker has more than one place of business, the place of payment is any place of business of the drawee or maker chosen by the person entitled to enforce the instrument. If the drawee or maker has no place of business, the place of payment is the residence of the drawee or maker.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.112. INTEREST.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.113. DATE OF INSTRUMENT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.114. CONTRADICTORY TERMS OF INSTRUMENT. If an instrument contains contradictory terms, typewritten terms prevail over printed terms, handwritten terms prevail over both, and words prevail over numbers.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.115. INCOMPLETE INSTRUMENT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.116. JOINT AND SEVERAL LIABILITY; CONTRIBUTION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.117. OTHER AGREEMENTS AFFECTING INSTRUMENT. Subject to applicable law regarding exclusion of proof of contemporaneous or previous agreements, the obligation of a party to an instrument to pay the instrument may be modified, supplemented, or nullified by a separate agreement of the obligor and a person entitled to enforce the instrument, if the instrument is issued or the obligation is incurred in reliance on the agreement or as part of the same transaction giving rise to the agreement. To the extent an obligation is modified, supplemented, or nullified by an agreement under this section, the agreement is a defense to the obligation.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.118. STATUTE OF LIMITATIONS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.119. NOTICE OF RIGHT TO DEFEND ACTION. In an action for breach of an obligation for which a third person is answerable over pursuant to this chapter or Chapter 4, the defendant may give the third person notice of the litigation in a record, and the person notified may then give similar notice to any other person who is answerable over. If the notice states


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.201. NEGOTIATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.202. NEGOTIATION SUBJECT TO RESCISSION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.203. TRANSFER OF INSTRUMENT; RIGHTS ACQUIRED BY TRANSFER.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.204. INDORSEMENT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.205. SPECIAL INDORSEMENT; BLANK INDORSEMENT; ANOMALOUS INDORSEMENT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.206. RESTRICTIVE INDORSEMENT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.207. REACQUISITION. Reacquisition of an instrument occurs if it is transferred to a former holder, by negotiation or otherwise. A former holder who reacquires the instrument may cancel indorsements made after the reacquirer first became a holder of the instrument. If the cancellation causes the instrument to be payable to the reacquirer or to bearer, the reacquirer may negotiate the instrument. An indorser whose indorsement is canceled is discharged, and the discharge is effective against any subsequent holder.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.301. PERSON ENTITLED TO ENFORCE INSTRUMENT. "Person entitled to enforce" an instrument means


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.302. HOLDER IN DUE COURSE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.303. VALUE AND CONSIDERATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.304. OVERDUE INSTRUMENT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.305. DEFENSES AND CLAIMS IN RECOUPMENT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.306. CLAIMS TO AN INSTRUMENT. A person taking an instrument, other than a person having rights of a holder in due course, is subject to a claim of a property or possessory right in the instrument or its proceeds, including a claim to rescind a negotiation and to recover the instrument or its proceeds. A person having rights of a holder in due course takes free of the claim to the instrument.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.307. NOTICE OF BREACH OF FIDUCIARY DUTY.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.308. PROOF OF SIGNATURES AND STATUS AS HOLDER IN DUE COURSE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.309. ENFORCEMENT OF LOST, DESTROYED, OR STOLEN INSTRUMENT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.310. EFFECT OF INSTRUMENT ON OBLIGATION FOR WHICH TAKEN.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.311. ACCORD AND SATISFACTION BY USE OF INSTRUMENT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.312. LOST, DESTROYED, OR STOLEN CASHIER'S CHECK, TELLER'S CHECK, OR CERTIFIED CHECK.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.401. SIGNATURE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.402. SIGNATURE BY REPRESENTATIVE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.403. UNAUTHORIZED SIGNATURE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.404. IMPOSTORS; FICTITIOUS PAYEES.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.405. EMPLOYER'S RESPONSIBILITY FOR FRAUDULENT INDORSEMENT BY EMPLOYEE.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.406. NEGLIGENCE CONTRIBUTING TO FORGED SIGNATURE OR ALTERATION OF INSTRUMENT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.407. ALTERATION.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.408. DRAWEE NOT LIABLE ON UNACCEPTED DRAFT. A check or other draft does not of itself operate as an assignment of funds in the hands of the drawee available for its payment, and the drawee is not liable on the instrument until the drawee accepts it.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.409. ACCEPTANCE OF DRAFT; CERTIFIED CHECK.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.410. ACCEPTANCE VARYING DRAFT.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.411. REFUSAL TO PAY CASHIER'S CHECKS, TELLER'S CHECKS, AND CERTIFIED CHECKS.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.412. OBLIGATION OF ISSUER OF NOTE OR CASHIER'S CHECK. The issuer of a note or cashier's check or other draft drawn on the drawer is obliged to pay the instrument


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.413. OBLIGATION OF ACCEPTOR.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.414. OBLIGATION OF DRAWER.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.415. OBLIGATION OF INDORSER.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.416. TRANSFER WARRANTIES.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.417. PRESENTMENT WARRANTIES.


Tex. Business & Commerce Code Sec. 3.418. PAYMENT OR ACCEPTANCE BY MISTAKE.