Tex. Bus. & Com. Code § 274.003 · Chapter 274. LAW APPLICABLE TO CONTRACT MADE OVER INTERNET
STATE LAW GOVERNING CONTRACT; BURDEN OF PROOF.
Text — Current through the 89th 2nd Called Legislative Session, 2025
(a) A contract is governed by the law of this state unless each party to the contract who is located in this state:
(1) is given notice that the law of the state in which another party to the contract is located applies to the contract; and
(2) agrees to the application of that state's law.
(b) A person asserting that the law of another state governs a contract has the burden of proving that notice was given and agreement was obtained as specified by Subsection (a).
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.274.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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