Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 121.021 · Subchapter B. DUTIES OF APP STORES
DUTY TO VERIFY AGE OF USER; AGE CATEGORIES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) When an individual in this state creates an account with an app store, the owner of the app store shall use a commercially reasonable method of verification to verify the individual's age category under Subsection (b).
(b) The owner of an app store shall use the following age categories for assigning a designation:
(1) an individual who is younger than 13 years of age is considered a "child";
(2) an individual who is at least 13 years of age but younger than 16 years of age is considered a "younger teenager";
(3) an individual who is at least 16 years of age but younger than 18 years of age is considered an "older teenager"; and
(4) an individual who is at least 18 years of age is considered an "adult."
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2025, 89th Leg., R.S., Ch. 200 (S.B. 2420), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2026.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.121.V3.htm
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- compose_tx.py 2026-10-05: the Legislative Council's chapter files read in document order; verify_tx.py's independent reading (lxml DOM walk) agrees character for character
Cited by 6 provisions
Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 121.021. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Business & Commerce Code
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 121.002DEFINITIONS.Printed as Section 121.021(b)
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 121.022PARENTAL CONSENT REQUIRED.Printed as Section 121.021
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 121.024INFORMATION FOR SOFTWARE APPLICATION DEVELOPERS.Printed as Section 121.021(b)
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 121.026VIOLATION.Printed as Section 121.021 | Section 121.021 or 121.022
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 121.052DESIGNATION OF AGE RATING.Printed as Section 121.021(b)
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 121.054AGE VERIFICATION.Printed as Section 121.021(b)
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