Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 1.301 · Subchapter C. TERRITORIAL APPLICABILITY AND GENERAL RULES
TERRITORIAL APPLICATION OF THE TITLE; PARTIES' POWER TO CHOOSE APPLICABLE LAW.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided hereafter in this section, when a transaction bears a reasonable relation to this state and also to another state or nation the parties may agree that the law either of this state or of such other state or nation shall govern their rights and duties. Failing such agreement this title applies to transactions bearing an appropriate relation to this state.
(b) Where one of the following provisions of this title specifies the applicable law, that provision governs and a contrary agreement is effective only to the extent permitted by the law (including the conflict of laws rules) so specified:
Rights of creditors against sold goods. Section 2.402.
Applicability of the chapter on Leases. Sections 2A.105 and 2A.106.
Applicability of the chapter on Bank Deposits and Collections. Section 4.102.
Governing law in the chapter on Funds Transfers. Section 4A.507.
Letters of Credit. Section 5.116.
Applicability of the chapter on Investment Securities. Section 8.110.
Law governing perfection, the effect of perfection or nonperfection, and the priority of security interests and agricultural liens. Sections 9.301-9.307.
(c) If a transaction that is subject to this title is a "qualified transaction," as defined in Section 271.001, then except as provided in Subsection (b) of this section, Chapter 271 governs the effect of an agreement by the parties that the law of a particular jurisdiction governs an issue relating to the transaction or that the law of a particular jurisdiction governs the interpretation or construction of an agreement relating to the transaction or a provision of the agreement.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 542, Sec. 1, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.02, eff. April 1, 2009.
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Business & Commerce Code
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 2.402RIGHTS OF SELLER'S CREDITORS AGAINST SOLD GOODS.Printed as Section 2.402
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 2A.105TERRITORIAL APPLICATION OF CHAPTER TO GOODS COVERED BY CERTIFICATE OF TITLE.Printed as Sections 2A.105 and 2A.106
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 2A.106LIMITATION ON POWER OF PARTIES TO CONSUMER LEASE TO CHOOSE APPLICABLE LAW AND JUDICIAL FORUM.Printed as Sections 2A.105 and 2A.106
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 4.102APPLICABILITY.Printed as Section 4.102
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 4A.507CHOICE OF LAW.Printed as Section 4A.507
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 5.116CHOICE OF LAW AND FORUM.Printed as Section 5.116
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 8.110APPLICABILITY; CHOICE OF LAW.Printed as Section 8.110
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 9.301LAW GOVERNING PERFECTION AND PRIORITY OF SECURITY INTERESTS.Printed as Sections 9.301-9.307
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 9.307LOCATION OF DEBTOR.Printed as Sections 9.301-9.307
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code ch. 271RIGHTS OF PARTIES TO CHOOSE LAW APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN TRANSACTIONSPrinted as Chapter 271
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 271.001DEFINITION.Printed as Section 271.001
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