Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 20.29 · Subchapter E. SECURITY FREEZE FOR CHILD
FEES.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A consumer reporting agency may not charge a fee for any service performed under this subchapter other than a fee authorized by this section.
(b) Except as provided by Subsection (c), a consumer reporting agency may charge a reasonable fee in an amount not to exceed $10 for each placement or removal of a security freeze on the protected consumer's consumer file or record.
(c) A consumer reporting agency may not charge a fee for the placement of a security freeze under this subchapter if:
(1) the protected consumer's representative submits to the consumer reporting agency a copy of a valid police report, investigative report, or complaint involving the commission of an offense under Section 32.51, Penal Code; or
(2) at the time the protected consumer's representative makes the request for a security freeze:
(A) the protected consumer is under the age of 16; and
(B) the consumer reporting agency has created a consumer report pertaining to the protected consumer.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2013, 83rd Leg., R.S., Ch. 64 (S.B. 60), Sec. 1, eff. January 1, 2014.
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- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
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- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.20.htm
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