Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 20.037 · Subchapter B. SECURITY ALERT AND SECURITY FREEZE
REMOVAL OR TEMPORARY LIFTING OF SECURITY FREEZE.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) On a request in writing or by telephone and with proper identification provided by a consumer, including the consumer's personal identification number or password provided under Section 20.034, a consumer reporting agency shall remove a security freeze not later than the third business day after the date the agency receives the request.
(b) On a request in writing or by telephone and with proper identification provided by a consumer, including the consumer's personal identification number or password provided under Section 20.034, a consumer reporting agency, not later than the third business day after the date the agency receives the request, shall temporarily lift the security freeze for:
(1) a certain properly designated period; or
(2) a certain properly identified requester.
(c) A consumer reporting agency may develop procedures involving the use of a telephone, a facsimile machine, the Internet, or another electronic medium to receive and process a request from a consumer under this section.
(d) A consumer reporting agency shall remove a security freeze placed on a consumer file if the security freeze was placed due to a material misrepresentation of fact by the consumer. The consumer reporting agency shall notify the consumer in writing before removing the security freeze under this subsection.
(e) Repealed by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1143, Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2007.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2003, 78th Leg., ch. 1326, Sec. 3, eff. Sept. 1, 2003.
Amended by:
Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 1143 (S.B. 222), Sec. 4, eff. September 1, 2007.
Assigned by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 64 (S.B. 60), Sec. 3, eff. January 1, 2014.
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