Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 271.007 · Chapter 271. RIGHTS OF PARTIES TO CHOOSE LAW APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN TRANSACTIONS
LAW GOVERNING VALIDITY OR ENFORCEABILITY OF TERM OF AGREEMENT RELATING TO QUALIFIED TRANSACTION.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) Except as provided by Section 271.008(b), 271.009, 271.010, or 271.011 or by Chapter 272, this section applies if:
(1) the parties to a qualified transaction agree in writing that the law of a particular jurisdiction governs the validity or enforceability of an agreement relating to the transaction or a provision of the agreement;
(2) the transaction bears a reasonable relation to that jurisdiction; and
(3) a term of the agreement or of that provision is invalid or unenforceable under the law of that jurisdiction but is valid or enforceable under the law of the jurisdiction that has the most significant relation to the transaction, the subject matter of the transaction, and the parties.
(b) If this section applies:
(1) the law of the jurisdiction that has the most significant relation to the transaction, the subject matter of the transaction, and the parties governs the validity or enforceability of a term described by Subsection (a)(3); and
(2) the law of the jurisdiction that the parties agree would govern the validity or enforceability of the agreement or provision governs the validity or enforceability of the other terms of the agreement or provision.
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.
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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.271.htm
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Provisions in this library that the text above cites, as it prints each citation. A range cited as “ss. 61.13-61.16” links its first and last provisions.
Business & Commerce Code
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 271.008APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS; EXCEPTIONS.Printed as Section 271.008(b), 271.009, 271.010, or 271.011
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 271.009EXCEPTION: MARRIAGE OR ADOPTION.Printed as Section 271.008(b), 271.009, 271.010, or 271.011
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 271.010EXCEPTION: DECEDENT'S ESTATE.Printed as Section 271.008(b), 271.009, 271.010, or 271.011
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 271.011EXCEPTION: OTHER STATUTE SPECIFYING GOVERNING LAW.Printed as Section 271.008(b), 271.009, 271.010, or 271.011
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code ch. 272LAW APPLICABLE TO CERTAIN CONSTRUCTION CONTRACTSPrinted as Chapter 272
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Provisions in this library whose text cites Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 271.007. Each shows the citation as that text prints it.
Business & Commerce Code
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 271.005LAW GOVERNING ISSUE RELATING TO QUALIFIED TRANSACTION.Printed as Section 271.007, 271.008(b), 271.009, 271.010, or 271.011
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 271.008APPLICABILITY TO CERTAIN REAL PROPERTY TRANSACTIONS; EXCEPTIONS.Printed as Sections 271.004-271.007
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 271.009EXCEPTION: MARRIAGE OR ADOPTION.Printed as Sections 271.004-271.007
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 271.010EXCEPTION: DECEDENT'S ESTATE.Printed as Sections 271.004-271.007
- Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 271.011EXCEPTION: OTHER STATUTE SPECIFYING GOVERNING LAW.Printed as Sections 271.004-271.007
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