Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 251.003 · Chapter 251. WAREHOUSE RECEIPTS
WAREHOUSEMAN FAILING TO STATE WAREHOUSEMAN'S OWNERSHIP OF GOODS ON RECEIPT.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A warehouseman may not knowingly issue a negotiable warehouse receipt describing goods the warehouseman owns, whether solely, jointly, or in common, and is storing, unless the warehouseman states the warehouseman's ownership of the goods on the receipt.
(b) A warehouseman who violates this section commits an offense. An offense under this section is a misdemeanor punishable by:
(1) confinement in the county jail for a term of not more than one year; or
(2) a fine not to exceed $1,000.
Notes and commentary — not statutory text
History
Added by Acts 2007, 80th Leg., R.S., Ch. 885 (H.B. 2278), Sec. 2.01, eff. April 1, 2009.
Source of truth
- Edition
- Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
- Official file
- https://statutes.capitol.texas.gov/Docs/BC/htm/BC.251.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
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